MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 arrived Aug. 3 from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
Lt. Col. Michael P. Jeffries commands the "Cowboys," which consists of approximately 200 Marines and approximately 10 F/A-18D Hornet aircraft.
The "Cowboys" replaced Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, which returned to MCAS Beaufort, S.C.