Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 (VMFA-212) was a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Most recently known as the "Lancers", the squadron was last based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan and fell under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. VMFA-212 has an extensive combat history having participated in combat operations during World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and Operation Enduring Freedom. Due to a re-organization within Marine aviation, the squadron was deactivated in 2008.
VMF-212 logo during World War II
Talley board painted by the 37th Seabees for the 212th
37th Seabees unloading new F4Us for the 212th at Torokino airfield on Bougainville
VMF-212 F4U-4s on USS Rendova in 1951
La Tontouta International Airport
La Tontouta International Airport, also known as Nouméa – La Tontouta International Airport, is the main international airport in New Caledonia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean, as well as the military base for the French Air Force based in New Caledonia.
La Tontouta International Airport
Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress of the 11th Bomb Group, 43d Bomb Squadron at Tontouta in August 1942
An Air France Boeing 747-400 at La Tontouta Airport in February 2000.
An Air Calin Airbus A330-200 at the airport in July 2011, with the terminal redevelopment underway in the background.
