KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Disaster may strike at any second in the Indo-Pacific, where typhoons and earthquakes are regular events, which is why the medical units of the 18th Wing must always be ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The U.S. Air Force is expected to begin deploying F-15EX Eagle II fighters to the home of the 18th Wing in spring 2026, according to the wing commander.

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa, Japan -- Known as the "Hub of Pacific Air Power", the 18th Wing stationed on Okinawa's Kadena Air Base is the Air Force's largest combat wing.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Kadena Air Base is the largest U.S. military installation in the Asia Pacific, and is home to the Air Force’s largest combat wing, the 18th Wing.

Kadena bid farewell to the first wave of F-15 Eagles that left the 18th Wing on Dec. 1, 2022, reflecting the Air Force's statement that the withdrawal would take place in waves over two years.

An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron taxis down the flightline for the final time at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 1, 2022. As a part of its modernization plan, the 18th Wing is ...

The Air Force’s 18th Wing, based out of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, confirmed that an explosion occurred at a munitions storage site on the northern side of the base.

U.S. Air Force 18th wing Kadena . Typhoon Neoguri Threatens Western Japan’s Already Weak Grid By Clint Richards. The storm’s ...

Aircraft from the 18th Fighter-Bomber Wing were in Korea for the duration of the war, only moving to Kadena Air Base on Okinawa in 1954. It earned the unit the nickname "truckbusters." ...

Kadena’s final F-15C/D Eagle flight The U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) 18th Wing conducted the final operational flight of the F-15C Eagle on Jan. 24, 2025, after 45 Home Military Aviation ...

Kadena bid farewell to the first wave of F-15 Eagles that left the 18th Wing on Dec. 1, 2022, reflecting the Air Force’s statement that the withdrawal would take place in waves over two years.