14 June 2023 18th Maintenance Group Wins AF Level Daedalian Award KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Maintenance Group was awarded the 2022 Maj. Gen. Clements McMullen Memorial Daedalian Weapon Systems Maintenance Trophy at the Air Force level, distinguishing themselves as the U.S. Air Force unit with the best weapon system maintenance.The trophy is presented...
20 January 2023 U.S. and Japanese Forces Team Up for Southern Beach KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen and Sailors from Kadena Air Base, Japan teamed up in the skies near Okinawa with Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) personnel during the latest iteration of the bilateral Southern Beach exercise on 19 January, 2022.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise...
26 January 2023 US, Japanese Forces Team Up for Exercise Southern Beach KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen and Sailors from Kadena Air Base teamed up in the skies near Okinawa with Japan Air Self Defense Force personnel during the latest iteration of the bilateral Southern Beach exercise, Jan. 19.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise between U.S. personnel from...
17 March 2023 18th Wing Concludes Base-wide Readiness Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Thousands of 18th Wing Airmen strengthened their warfighting capabilities during a routine week-long readiness exercise March 13 – 17.The exercise tested the Airmen’s ability to rapidly deploy forces and sustain base operations under simulated combat conditions."This...
17 March 2023 Fifth Gen Fighters Debut in the Philippines during Bilateral Integration KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Alaska, with support from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, traveled to Clark Air Base, Philippines, to integrate and train...
11 April 2023 Strike Eagles join Lightning II’s at Keystone of the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 8, 2023, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United...
30 March 2023 F-35s Arrive at Kadena AB to Maintain Advanced Fighter Presence KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- F-35A Lightning IIs from the 355th Fighter Squadron, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrived at Kadena Air Base, March 28, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena AB’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States.While deployed to the...
28 March 2023 Lightning IIs Arrive at Kadena to Maintain Advanced Fighter Presence KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- F-35A Lightning IIs from the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS), Eielson Air Force Base, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 28, 2023, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States.While deployed to...
19 April 2023 Air Force Flight Standards Agency optimizes Digital Airport Surveillance Radar at 18 OSS KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- A specialized engineering team from the headquarters of the Air Force Flight Standards Agency (AFFSA) arrived at Kadena Air Base to help optimize the on-base Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) and train Airmen from the 18th Operations Support Squadron, March 21 - April 16,...
21 October 2022 18th Wing, 22nd ARW Expand Agile Combat Employment Capabilities KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, aboard a KC-46A Pegasus visited Kadena Air Base to enhance Agile Combat Employment (ACE) capabilities from Oct. 11-15, 2022.Members from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing teamed up with the 18th Wing ACE office as well as members...