Carrier Air Wing Five
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Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) is a United States Navy aircraft carrier air wing based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. The air wing is attached to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. It was initially formed in 1943. It has participated in the Second World War, the Korean War, the Gulf War, Operation Southern Watch, the War in Afghanistan, and the War in Iraq.
CVW-5 aircraft in 2012.
CVW-5 aircraft flying over the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in 2019
Three A-7Es from VA-93 aboard the USS Midway on 17 May 1984.
An A-6E TRAM Intruder (NF-506) from VA-115 and an F/A-18A Hornet (NF-106) from VFA-195 taxi to a catapult during the Gulf War.
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
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Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni is a United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM southeast of Iwakuni Station in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
A US Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules of VMGR-152 taxies to the runway at MCAS Iwakuni in 2014.
F-51Ds of RAAF No. 77 Squadron in maintenance at Iwakuni Airfield, June 1950.
USMC F/A-18D takes off from MCAS Iwakuni in December 2005
F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, taxi to the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni