An F-15EX fighter touched down at Kadena Air Base, Japan, this week—thought still not on a permanent basis. The Eagle II is on a “visit” to the crucial Pacific base on Okinawa, according to a July 1 release.
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F-22s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, will initially fill in for F-15Cs as they begin to leave Kadena Air Base, Japan, but the Air Force is eyeing a later and longer deployment of F-16s from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to reinforce the island base. ...
More than 50 aircraft from three US bases took to the air over Kadena AB, Japan, Jan. 10 for a complex joint exercise simulating an attack on the largest USAF base in the Pacific. “Kadena was defending itself today,” explained Capt. Brian Davis, the exercise ...