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Kadena Adds More Stealth Fighters Amid ‘Increasingly Challenging Strategic Environment’

May 1, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
F-22A Raptors from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., recently arrived at Kadena Air Base in Japan, bolstering the fifth-generation airpower at the closest U.S. military installation to Taiwan.

SPACECOM Boss Warns China Is Moving ‘Breathtakingly Fast’ During Pacific Visit

April 25, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
In the wake of a major Chinese military shakeup, the head of U.S. Space Command warned of China’s “breathtakingly fast” advances in space during visits to Japan and South Korea. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting’s trip to the Indo-Pacific is his first overseas visit since taking ...

PHOTOS: Kadena Welcomes New F-22s and F-16s with Elephant Walk

April 12, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Kadena Air Base, Japan, is exchanging F-35s and F-15Cs for F-22s and F-16s in the base’s latest rotation of fighters on Okinawa, a strategic location just 400 miles east of Taiwan. Whille all four types of fighters were there, however, Kadena showcased its array of ...

B-52s Fly with US, South Korea, and Japan Fighters Hours After North Korea Missile Launch

April 4, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two B-52 bombers flew with fighter aircraft from the U.S., South Korea, and Japan southwest of Kyushu Island near the East China Sea on April 2, marking the first trilateral aerial exercise between the nations this year and just the third one ever. The exercise ...

PACAF, Allies Plan for More Complex, Large-Scale Exercises in the Indo-Pacific

Feb. 14, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
As part of its re-optimization effort, the Air Force is planning to implement more large-scale exercises to improve readiness. That will start with a major one next year in the Indo-Pacific, leaders said at the AFA Warfare Symposium, followed by still more in the years ...

Space Force’s Japan Component Expected to Activate in 2024

Feb. 13, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Top military space officials from Japan and the U.S. said at the AFA Warfare Symposium that they anticipate the U.S. Space Force will stand up its new component in Japan before the end of 2024. “I think we have everything in place,” U.S. Space Forces ...

Four B-52s Arrive in Guam to Support Large PACAF Exercise with Australia and Japan

Feb. 4, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
B-52 bombers from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., arrived in Guam on Jan. 30, just a few days ahead of Pacific Air Forces’ largest multilateral exercise, Cope North. The long-range bombers assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing landed at Andersen Air Force Base to take ...

Two B-1 Bombers Deploy to Indo-Pacific, Train with Singapore and Japan

Jan. 22, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two B-1 bombers from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, have deployed to Singapore for joint exercises. The pair of Lancers arrived at Paya Lebar Air Base on the island nation on Jan. 18 and also engaged in separate training with four F-15 Eagles from the ...

US Halts Recovery Effort for Osprey Crash with One Airman Not Found

Jan. 12, 2024 | By Greg Hadley
Forty-three days after a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Japan, the Pentagon has halted search and recovery operations, Air Force Special Operations Command announced Jan. 11. Of the eight Airmen killed in the crash, the remains of one, Maj. Eric ...

B-1 Bombers Fly in Second Trilateral Exercise with Japan and S Korea

Dec. 21, 2023 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers flew from the mainland U.S. to participate for the second ever trilateral aerial exercise with South Korea and Japan on Dec. 20—the latest in a surge of bomber exercises over the Korean Peninsula in 2023.

USAF Identifies All 8 Airmen Killed in Osprey Crash

Dec. 5, 2023 | By Greg Hadley and Chris Gordon
The eight Airmen aboard the CV-22 Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan were declared dead as the operation transitioned to search and recovery Dec. 5. 

Osprey Crash Wreckage, Remains of 5 Airmen Located

Dec. 4, 2023 | By Chris Gordon
After a nearly weeklong search, U.S. and Japanese search teams located most of the wreckage of U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey and the remains of most of its crew members.
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