Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni is a joint Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces and United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM southeast of Iwakun
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
A vehicle carrier ship offloads an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye at the MCAS Iwakuni harbor (2025)
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Strike Fighter Squadron 147, also known as the "Argonauts," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at MCAS Iwaukuni, Japan. VFA-147 was established on 1 February 1967 and flies the F-35
VA-147 A-7A over Vietnam in 1968–69.
VFA-147 F/A-18C refuels in 2005.
VFA-147 F/A-18E lands on USS Nimitz in the Gulf of Oman, 2013.
VFA-147 F-35Cs at NAS Lemoore, in February 2019.