MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Fifty years have passed since Fleet Air Wing 31 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force started out as a Cold War anti-submarine force. Today the wing has a ...

Marine Aircraft Group-12 hosts Sergeants School in Iwakuni, Japan, saving $180K while ensuring 68 Marines receive required ...

Show of Force: Japanese ships line up during exercises off Sagami Bay last October. At $42 billion, the nation?s annual military budget is the world's sixth largestKAZUHIRO NOGI—AFP/GETTY IMAGES ...

Helicopters, it turns out, do not fly upside down. I know this by hard, albeit simulated, experience. I was on the stick of an MH-53 helicopter, a 21-ton flying monster that is one of the largest ...

The United States has quietly withdrawn its powerful Typhon missile system from Japan, just months after deploying it to the Iwakuni Air Base. This system had the range to strike major cities in China ...