17 January 2025 BH 25-1: Kadena’s fighter presence remains unwavering U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptors and F-15C Eagle fly training missions during a routine readiness exercise, Jan. 15, 2025...
29 October 2024 148th Fighter Wing Completes PACAF Deployment Members and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard deployed to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan from July to October 2024. While deployed, the Minnesota Air National Guard members were known as the 179th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron...
01 August 2024 Special Operations Forces cut through Kunsan’s rainy skies to demonstrate strike capability The Republic of Korea’s summers are famous for cloudy skies and torrential downpours that may appear at a moment’s notice. However, during a week in mid-July, members of the Wolf Pack at Kunsan Air Base observed a spectacle precipitate from the open skies unlike the typical monsoon Kunsan Air...
05 October 2023 Eagles swap to maintain dynamic fighter presence at Kadena F-15C Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing, Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 2, 2023, to ensure continuous fighter presence through the phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States...
15 September 2022 PACAF Completes ACE Innovation Competition HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii – In an effort to continue to strengthen rapid deployment capabilities, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) recently held an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) innovation competition to feature funded projects invented and designed by Airmen across the command.In the first round,...
09 November 2015 Thousands converge for 16th Kadena Special Olympics KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Approximately 1,700 volunteers from different branches of the U.S. military and the local community helped with the 16th annual Kadena Special Olympic Games Nov. 7, here at the Risner Fitness Center Sports Complex.The games were held as an opportunity for more than 850...