Videos

Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), Marine Wing Communications Squadron (MWCS) 18, MAG-12, 1st MAW, and Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division, conduct various training with F-35B Lighting II aircraft during a deployment for training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 16 - 25, 2025. MWCS-18, a communications squadron from Camp Foster, Okinawa, and VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW, under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with operational experience in the Indo-Pacific. VMFA-214 and MWCS-18 conducted joint exercises that integrated the expertise of joint tactical air controllers at Draughon Range, Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colin Thibault)

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 153, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conduct multiple operations with other military branches during Exercise Evergreen 2024 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Aug. 13-29, 2024. Exercise Evergreen 2024 enabled VMGR-153 to implement comprehensive training, including joint operations with the U.S. Army and Air Force, to maintain the squadron’s high level of proficiency in supporting 1st MAW operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Joseph Abreu)

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, conducted Exercise Ryukyu Vice 23.1 alongside Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, VMFA-242, U.S. Navy Sailors with Electronic Attack Squadron 131, and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, in December, 2022. Ryukyu Vice is a joint, fixed-wing aviation command and control exercise that provides critical training to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing tactical air control personnel through offensive, defensive and counter-air live-flight scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Ryan Ulibarri)

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Aircraft Group 12 show support for their alma-mater, the United States Naval Academy (USNA), at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 1, 2018. The midshipmen alumni cheer on their team for the annual Army-Navy football game between the USNA and the United States Military Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Cpl. Richard Limone and Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)