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Photos by Lance Cpl. Tyler Bassett
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Dec 14, 2025
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Navy LCDR Robert Ward, a pilot with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, greets his family at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 3, 2025. CVW-5 aircraft and personnel return from being forward-deployed on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) which provided air superiority and all-weather offensive air-to-surface attack capabilities, to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Tyler Bassett)


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