MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, arrived here March 15, 2018, as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
Lt. Col. William B. Millett III commands the "Hawks," which consists of more than 200 Marines and their F/A-18D Hornet aircraft.
The “Hawks” replace VMFA-251, the “Thunderbolts,” which returned to MCAS Beaufort.