Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Katherine Montgomery, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, discusses the capabilities of an F-35B Lightning II aircraft’s weapons bay at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines were students of the first locally-offered blended Expeditionary Warfare School seminar at......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni begin a tour of an F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines were students of the first locally-offered blended Expeditionary Warfare School seminar at the air station. On this day, the students......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
Hiromi Kawamoto, a community relation specialist with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, describes the historical significance of the Crow’s Nest, a room rumored to have been where the attack on Pearl Harbor was planned and confirmed by the Japanese Imperial Navy, at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines were students of the first locally-offered blended Expeditionary Warfare......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa Yoshikazu, an EP-3 aircraft pilot with Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, Fleet Air Wing 31, describes the use of US-2 aircraft, an air-sea rescue flying boat, to U.S. Marines at the JMSDF museum in Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines were students of the first locally-offered blended Expeditionary Warfare School......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa Yoshikazu, an EP-3 aircraft pilot with Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, Fleet Air Wing 31, describes how to use a Zero fighter's aiming reticle to Chief Warrant Officer 3 Dirkthomas Magatas, an avionics officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at the JMSDF museum in Marine Corps......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa Yoshikazu, left, an EP-3 aircraft pilot with Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, Fleet Air Wing 31, and Hiromi Kawamoto, a community relation specialist with Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, showcase a photo taken at the Crow's Nest, a location on the base rumored to have been where the attack on Pearl Harbor was planned and confirmed by the......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.05.2024
U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni learn of the squadrons that compose Fleet Air Wing 31, a tenant command of MCAS Iwakuni, from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lt. Cmdr. Ogawa Yoshikazu, an EP-3 aircraft pilot with Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81, Fleet Air Wing 31, during a JMSDF museum tour at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines were students of the......
Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.04.2024
U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Nathan Nastase, regional chief instructor of the Expeditionary Warfare School Blended Seminar Program, pose for a photo in front of an F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 5, 2024. These Marines......
