Player Embed Code: Download Embed Share Carrier Air Wing 5 Returns to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan 2025 AFN Iwakuni Dec. 11, 2025 | 0:29 U.S. Navy Sailors with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) return to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 12, 2025. While forward-deployed aboard Washington, CVW-5 provided local air superiority and all-weather offensive air-to-surface attack capabilities to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Saul Hernandez)