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Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, who has logged more than 4,300 flight hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15E Strike Eagle, T-38 Talon and T-37 Tweet, took over the 18th Wing from Brig. Gen. Nicholas ...
An explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s ...
The U.S. Air Force has officially retired its last F-15C/D Eagle fighters from Kadena Air Base in Japan, marking the end of an era for the venerable Cold War air superiority workhorse. -The aging jets ...
The U.S. Pacific Air Forces previously told Newsweek that its spy aircraft were conducting "planned, routine operations" in ...
A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron taxis down the flightline in an F-15C Eagle for the final time at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 1, 2022.
Japanese officials say an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers.
Air Force and Navy aircraft line the runway at Kadena Air Base for an elephant walk on April 11, 2024. (photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Redin/U.S. Air Force) ...
The Air Force’s 18th Wing, based out of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, confirmed that an explosion occurred at a munitions storage site on the northern side of the base.
Given the current state of the world, with turmoil in the Middle East and the ever-present saber rattling from China over ...
U.S. Air Force Maj. Peter Gawor, left, 67th Fighter Squadron director of operations, briefs pilots on the divestment flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2024.
Kadena is the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan, located about 370 miles away and within range of Chinese medium-range ballistic missiles.