From left to right, Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Kosei Nomura, director of Status of Forces Agreement Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Lt. Col. J. T. Bardo, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Sqaudron (VMFA) 121, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, Japan, Col. Marcus Annibale, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, and Takahiro Sugawara, director general of Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau Japan Ministry of Defense, pose for a group photo at MCAS Yuma, Oct. 24, 2016. Th


From left to right, Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Kosei Nomura, director of Status of Forces Agreement Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Lt. Col. J. T. Bardo, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Sqaudron (VMFA) 121, Yoshihiko Fukuda, mayor of Iwakuni City, Japan, Col. Marcus Annibale, commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 13, and Takahiro Sugawara, director general of Chugoku-Shikoku Defense Bureau Japan Ministry of Defense, pose for a group photo at MCAS Yuma, Oct. 24, 2016. This event gave Fukuda an idea of what to expect of the aircraft following the scheduled basing of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 at MCAS Iwakuni. After its transition, VMFA-121 will be the first F-35B squadron stationed in Japan.( Marine Corps phot by Cpl. Nathan Wicks)


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