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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 ...
Two F-15EXs of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are conducting integration and familiarization training with local units ...
The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed two Boeing F-15EX Eagle IIs at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for the first time to ...
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 ...
A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron lands on the runway at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (Senior Airman Lynette Rolen/Air Force) It is hardly news that for the last decade ...
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. (Senior Airman Jessi Roth/Air ...
An Air Force F-15C Eagle crashed Sunday morning off Okinawa, Japan, officials from Kadena Air Base said. The incident happened about 6:30 a.m. local time during a routine training mission, ...
Following a stand-down at Kadena Air Base in Japan, F-15 training flights are scheduled to restart Wednesday. The halt in sorties occurred after one of the base’s F-15C Eagles crashed into the ...
Defense Health Agency officials have reversed a decision at Kadena Air Base, Japan, that would have temporarily required women there to deliver their babies in Japanese hospitals or be flown to ...
Pregnant women at Kadena Air Base in Japan are being notified they won’t be able to deliver their babies at U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa, the only full-servce medical center on the island, due to ...
Kadena Air Base is one of the Air Force’s most diverse installations. The 18th Wing supports squadrons of F-15 Eagles, KC-135 tankers , HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters and E-3 airborne early warning ...