Kadena Air Base has hosted American fighter aircraft from the U.S. mainland, Alaska, Hawaii and Germany since November 2022.

An F-35A Lightning II made a precautionary landing at Kadena Air Base on Thursday, according to the Okinawa Defense Bureau. The bureau made visual inspection and reported emergency vehicles gathered ...

A pair of F-15C Eagles from the 67th Fighter Squadron “Fighting Cocks,” which were previously permanently based at Kadena. Getty Images A total of 36 fighters at Kadena would represent a reduction of ...

As the F-15C nears the end of its tenure at the base, the Department of Defense has chosen the F-15EX Eagle II to carry forward the mission of ensuring air superiority in Kadena. On Aug. 24, 2024, a ...

Three fighter squadrons arrived for rotational duty at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa last month as the 18th Wing inches closer to a permanent fleet of F-15EX Eagle IIs in the spring. F-35A Lightning IIs ...

Two years after the first Eagles returned to the United States, the last F-15C is now ready to leave Kadena Air Base in Japan, where the type was stationed since 1979. The United States Air Force’s ...

The United States has reinforced its air power in the Western Pacific Ocean with two groups of fighter jets arriving at Kadena Air Base in Japan, staging a show of force to China. Newsweek has emailed ...

Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, plans to conduct safety inspections of all its F-15E Strike Eagles after one fighter was forced to land without a wheel. (Staff Sgt. Gary Hilton/Air Force) Kadena ...

An F-15E Strike was flying from Diego Garcia to Kadena when it was discovered that a wheel was missing. A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle conducted an emergency landing on Aug. 4, 2025, at Kadena ...