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  2. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni - Wikipedia

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    Airfield shared with Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni or MCAS Iwakuni (岩国飛行場, Iwakuni hikōjō) ( IATA: IWK, ICAO: RJOI) is a United States Marine Corps air station located in the Nishiki river delta, 1.3 NM (2.4 km; 1.5 mi) southeast of Iwakuni Station [1] in the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

  3. United States Forces Japan - Wikipedia

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    The United States Forces Japan ( USFJ) ( Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. [2]

  4. Iwakuni - Wikipedia

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    Iwakuni is the only US Marine Corps base on Honshu, the main island of Japan. ... In 2017, the base is home to about 15,000 U.S. military and Japanese defense force ...

  5. Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler - Wikipedia

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    Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.

  6. Marine Aircraft Group 12 - Wikipedia

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    Ralph K. Rottet. George S. Bowman Jr. Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12) is an active air group of the United States Marine Corps, tasked with providing fighter and assault support aircraft. It is currently part of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), itself an integral part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and based at MCAS Iwakuni in ...

  7. Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan - Wikipedia

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    United States Naval Hospital Yokosuka Japan with its eight branch clinics are US Navy medical treatment facilities catering to the medical needs of eligible Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, family members, U.S. government employees, retired military service members and other eligible beneficiaries of the Forward Deployed Naval Forces on mainland Japan, Korea and Diego Garcia.

  8. United States Fleet Activities Sasebo - Wikipedia

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    Sasebo was a popular liberty port for navy personnel. In September 1945, the U.S. Marine Corps ' Fifth Division landed at Sasebo, and in June 1946, U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo was established. When war broke out in Korea three years later, Sasebo became the main launching point for the United Nations and the U.S. Forces.

  9. Naval Air Facility Atsugi - Wikipedia

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    Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō) ( IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which deploys ...

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