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Marine Corps revamps mobile app with base directories in time for PCS season

The newly launched MCCS Connect app replaces all local applications that provided base directories, bus schedules and other ...
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Marine refuelers practice takeoffs, landings on grassy runway in Japan

A Marine Corps refueling squadron at MCAS Iwakuni has conducted its first takeoffs and landings at a grass airfield in Gifu, Japan.
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Local Officials Want to Ban Fighter Training in Japan Over Noise

A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, Carrier Strike Group 5, taxis the flightline during touch-and-go landing training for Field ...
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From Hornet to Lightning – Why the F-35B now leads the USMC in Japan

On March 8, 2025, the U.S. Marine Corps officially transitioned to the next generation of airpower in Japan with the arrival of the F-35B Lightning II at MCAS Iwakuni. Replacing the aging F/A-18 ...
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Marine Corps Aviation Station Iwakuni

Japanese officials want to ban fixed-wing aircraft training at U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Station Iwakuni after the George Washington Carrier… USNI News is the independent, non-profit news service of ...