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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan
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VMFA-312 arrives at MCAS Iwakuni
16 Oct 2015

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312, stationed out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., arrived here Oct. 7 as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Lt. Col. Harry F. Thomas commands the "Checkerboards," which consists of approximately 220 Marines and approximately 10 F/A-18 Hornet aircraft.

The Checkerboards replaced VMFA-323, which returned to MCAS Miramar, Calif.


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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Misumi-cho, Iwakuni City Yamaguchi Pref., Japan PSC 561 BOX 1868