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  • Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
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  • is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa. It is home to approximately 4,000 Marines of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and has been a U.S. military airbase since the island was occupied following the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Marine Corps pilots and aircrew are assigned to the base for training and providing air support to other land-based Marines in Okinawa.
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  • ROTM
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ICAO
  • ROTM
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  • 26
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  • 53
Built
  • 1945
Commander
  • Col. James Flynn
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  • 2740
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  • 16
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  • 44
Footnotes
  • Japanese AIP at AIS Japan
  • Sources: Official site
Name
  • MCAS Futenma
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  • Asphalt/Concrete
Type
  • Military
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  • MCAS Futenma logo
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  • 15
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  • E
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  • Japan
Occupants
  • 1
IATA
  • none
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  • Location in Japan
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  • 6
Operator
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  • JP
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  • N
used
  • 1945
Image
  • Mcasfutenma.gif
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  • 127
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  • 246
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  • 250
Website
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  • Y
Location
  • Okinawa, Japan
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  • 150
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  • is a United States Marine Corps base located in Ginowan, northeast of Naha, on the island of Okinawa. It is home to approximately 4,000 Marines of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and has been a U.S. military airbase since the island was occupied following the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Marine Corps pilots and aircrew are assigned to the base for training and providing air support to other land-based Marines in Okinawa. The base includes a runway as well as extensive barracks, administrative and logistical facilities. The air station is tasked with operating a variety of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in support of the III Marine Expeditionary Force. The base is also used as a United Nations air facility.
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