FRIENDSHIP DAY UPDATES (Static Display)
1 May 2014

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni has received queries regarding the 2014 U.S.-Japan, limited-scope, Friendship Day scheduled for May 5.  This release provides additional information to the air station release #014-14.  Please read the following paragraph carefully as it contains new information.  Thank you and we look forward to seeing many friends and neighbors at Friendship Day 2014.

  • AIRCRAFT STATIC DISPLAY – to include U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18, AV-8, UC-12W as well as KC-130, soon to be our newest family member calling Iwakuni home this summer.  Be advised the schedule is always subject to change, but at this time, the P-8 Poseidon and the MV-22 Osprey are on the list scheduled to be part of a static display at Iwakuni.  Furthermore, Japanese Self Defense Force aircraft, to include US-2 known for its unique capability as a flying boat, EP-3, OP-3C, U-36A, UP-3D, MH-53E, MCH-101, C-1, F-15J, as well as a Cessna Extra 300 and many more civilian general aviation aircraft await your visit. 

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