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Video by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor
First rotational F-35Bs in Japan train with missiles
1st Marine Aircraft Wing
March 24, 2025 | 3:31
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing load ordnance onto F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS 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. This event marked the first time VMFA-214 integrated ordnance into their routine flight operations since their arrival at MCAS Iwakuni. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Micah Taylor)
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The Middle East District provides engineering, design, construction execution, and related services and support to mission partners in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests; on order, supports contingency operations.

 

The Middle East District is a subordinate element of the Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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OUR VISION: Engineering solutions for the Nation’s toughest challenges

OUR MISSION: The Middle East District provides design, construction, execution and related engineering and reach-back services to mission partners across the CENTCOM AOR in order to enable regional security and stability; on order provides support to contingency operations

OUR FOUNDATION: A professional team rooted in the Army Values reinforced by Trust, Dignity, and Respect throughout and dedicated to our mission and the organization

 

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