Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Photo by Lance Cpl. Siwan Lewis - U.S. Navy Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Nathan Cobb, a technical services manager with Armed Forces Network Iwakuni, and North Carolina native, maintains servers at AFN Iwakuni, Feb 6, 2025. Cobb routinely diagnoses and repairs radio and television broadcasting equipment at AFN Iwakuni to ensure Marines, Sailors and their dependents have uninterrupted access to American radio and television programing as well as command information and news from across the Department of Defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Siwan Lewis)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault - U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez, a Seabee with Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, secures equipment in the bed of a truck after a drilling job at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, March 22, 2024. The Seabees of MCAS Iwakuni are able to complete a variety of construction tasks, from installing furniture to repairing the airfield. Seaman Apprentice Jyvan Marquez-Fontanez is a native of Puerto Rico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Thibault)

Photo by Cpl. Darien Wright - A skimmer boat, used to extract oil from water during oil spills, is stored in a harbor warehouse at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2022. MCAS Iwakuni’s deep-water harbor plays an essential part in helping supply units on the air station with necessary equipment and helping support different vessels traveling through the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Darien Wright)

JMSDF, MCAS Iwakuni take Friendship Day 2019 to new altitudes - Japanese guests view various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft during the 43rd Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force – Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Friendship Day at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, May 5, 2019. Since 1973, MCAS Iwakuni has held a single-day air show designed to foster positive relationships and offer an exciting experience that displays the communal support between the U.S. and Japan. The air show encompassed various U.S. and Japanese static display aircraft, aerial performances, food and entertainment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Timothy Valero)

Seabees Can Do: NMCB-3 builds up MCAS Iwakuni - U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, Detachment Iwakuni build a trash enclosure at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 19, 2019. NMCB-3 Detachment Iwakuni is deployed from their base in Port Hueneme California. The Seabees deployed to Iwakuni in order to build 27 garbage enclosure structures that protect solid waste containers from wind and wildlife while maintaining a neat appearance to garbage collection areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Jones)

Robert M. Casey Naval Family Branch Clinic Iwakuni staff celebrate grand opening - U.S. service members, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force members and Japanese residents, cut a ribbon at the Robert M. Casey Naval Family Branch Clinic Iwakuni as part of the building’s grand opening at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 30, 2018. The staff hosted the grand opening in order to display the facility’s new and improved capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)

Staff with the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and professionals within the local medical community gathered at the Egretta restaurant for a hospital symposium in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 23, 2018. - Staff with the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni converse with medical professionals within the host nation medical community during a hospital symposium held at the Egretta restaurant in Iwakuni City, Japan, Feb. 23, 2018. The medical institutions gather once a year to discuss common issues and possible solutions in order to continue serving both communities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Muriah King)

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) welcomed enlisted U.S. Marines and Sailors, grades E-5 and below, to celebrate the grand opening of the Hangar E-Club at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 26, 2018. - DJ Yone plays music during the Hangar E-Club’s grand opening at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 26, 2018. The Hangar E-Club is a joint project between the Defense Policy Review Initiative and MCCS intending to provide the enlisted grades, E-5 and below, a place of their own. The two-story building’s features include a VIP lounge, poolroom and food court on the first floor, and four bars and a dance floor, which can accommodate 250 people on the second. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Muriah King)

Initial Japan-Based CVW-5 Jet Squadrons Fly-in to MCAS Iwakuni - An EA-18G Growler with Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141 taxis to a hangar at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 28, 2017. VAQ-141 arrived at MCAS Iwakuni as part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5’s relocation from Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan. The relocation of CVW-5 from NAF Atsugi to MCAS Iwakuni fulfills the final Defense Policy Review Initiative objective. The relocation is in accordance with the United States’ strategic vision for the rebalance in the Indo-Asia Pacific Region and does much to further strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance.

VAW-125 returns to MCAS Iwakuni - E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft with Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125 return to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 9, 2017. VAW-125 deployed aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) for the first time with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5. The E-2D is the latest variant of the long-running E-2 Hawkeye series of aircraft, which employs long-range radar and electronic communications capabilities to oversee the battlespace and detect threats beyond the sensor range of other friendly units.