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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 ...
As the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan—the self-ruled island that China has threatened to take by force—the Pentagon plans to ...
The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed two Boeing F-15EX Eagle IIs at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for the first time to ...
Two F-15EXs of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are conducting integration and familiarization training with local units ...
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 ...
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Disaster may strike at any second in the Indo-Pacific, where typhoons and earthquakes are regular events, which is why the medical units of the 18th Wing must always be ...
Kadena Air Base in Japan will resume F-15 Eagle flights in the Pacific this week after a pilot crashed Monday morning. ... The F-15C, assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron of the 18th Wing, ...
It was not immediately clear how many F-22s had been deployed to Kadena. But the decision to withdraw the 18th Wing’s 48 F-15s and spare fighters without a permanent replacement has proven ...
The Air Force’s announcement last October that it would retire the 18th Wing’s two squadrons of more than 48 F-15s in phases over two years, ... For four of those departing Kadena F-15s, ...
Kadena Air Base has paused all F-15 Eagle flying operations after a pilot crashed in the early hours Monday morning. ... The F-15C, assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron of the 18th Wing, ...
Smoke rises from at the 18th Wing Hazardous Materials Pharmacy building at Kadena Air Base during a fire on Okinawa island, Japan, Monday morning, June 22, 2020. Cause of fire is unknown, no ...
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Kadena Air Base is the largest U.S. military installation in the Asia Pacific, and is home to the Air Force’s largest combat wing, the 18th Wing.