Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), also known as the "Royal Maces", are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 5 and are attached to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Their tail code is NF.
VA-27 A-7E CAG bird of CVW-14 based on USS Coral Sea in 1980
A VA-27 A-7E intercepts a Soviet Il-38 in 1981
VFA-27 F/A-18E lands on USS Kitty Hawk in 2006
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
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