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F-35Cs, Ospreys to replace Super Hornets and Greyhounds at Marine base in Japan

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JONATHAN SNYDER

STARS AND STRIPES • July 15, 2024

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A sailor handles an F-35C Lightning II from Strike Fighter Squadron 147 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington Dec. 5, 2023. (August Clawson/U.S. Navy)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — The Navy said Monday it is replacing squadrons of F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and C-2A Greyhound transports with next-generation stealth fighters and tiltrotors at this base south of Hiroshima.

The F-35C Lightning IIs of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 will replace the F/A-18s of Strike Fighter Squadron 115, according to a news release from U.S. Naval Forces. Likewise, CMV-22B Ospreys with Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron 30 will swap out with the Greyhounds of Fleet Logistics Squadron 30.