VFA-147 is an F-35C Lightning II strike fighter squadron operating from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5.

VFA-147 supported Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and were called upon daily to support our troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The Argonauts flew over 4,500 hours, to include 409 total combat sorties while amassing over …

If you have orders to VFA-147, welcome! Installation information, including directions for reaching the base, is available on the Naval Air Station Iwakuni website. Military personnel checking in during non-working hours should contact the squadron duty officer DSN: 255-3387.

Commander Case reported to VFA-147 as Executive Officer in August of 2022 and assumed command of the Argonauts in November 2023.

Commander Austin’s operational assignments include tours with the “Kestrels” of VFA-137 and, as part of Forward Deployed Naval Forces Japan, the “Royal Maces” of VFA-27 and the “Dambusters” of VFA-195.

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CMDCM(AW/SW/IW) Andre Dortrait, assumed his current duties as Command Master Chief, Strike Fighter Squadron ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147), Lemoore, California in June, 2023. Dortrait is a native of Callao, Peru, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy through the Military Entrance Processing Station, Los Angeles, California in May 2000.

ATCS(AW/SW) Ryan J Gogan, assumed his current duties as Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Strike Fighter Squadron ONE FOUR SEVEN (VFA-147), Iwakuni, Japan in January, 2025. Gogan is a native of Woodbridge, Virginia, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy through the Military Entrance Processing Station, Maryland in April 2006.

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