Watch VMFA-121 relocate its F-35Bs to Japan Posted on January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by alert5 VMFA-121 has started its relocation from MCAS Yuma, Arizona to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on Jan. 9. Related posts (Automatically Generated): F-35B’s first at sea deployment will be from Japan, aboard USS Bonhomme Richard VMFA-314 at JASDF Komatsu for DACT training Panetta: F-35 deploying to Iwakuni, Japan by 2017 Twelve more Ospreys to arrive in Japan this month F-35Bs from VMFA-121 are participating in their first Red Flag VMFA-121 will only bring 10 F-35Bs to Iwakuni in 2017