Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A F-15EX assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, flies behind a KC-135 assigned to the ...

The aging fleet of mainstay U.S. F-15 fighter jets at Kadena Air Base is gradually being withdrawn from service and replaced ...

The U.S. military is busy replacing its aging F-15C/D fighter jets at Kadena Air Base in Japan. Since it was announced in 2022, the base has been home to a series of rotating units while the F-15C/D ...

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-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 ...

On May 17, 2026, in Okinawa, Japan, @KssdKyushu shared a video showing a protest near Gate 2 of Kadena Air Base. In the video, activists gather along the roadway leading to the base entrance while ...

Kadena Air Base, a key United States airpower hub in Japan, has recently strengthened its preparedness amid China’s missile threat by training to rapidly repair the airfield. The Chinese Foreign ...

U.S. military personnel gather near the site of an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa on Monday. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO — An explosion at a storage ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — About 60 residents of Chatan town walked onto this key U.S. air base over the weekend for an annual tsunami drill, less than two months after an actual scare in July.

Kadena Air Base, the US Air Force’s primary airbase on Okinawa, recently retired its fleet of aging F-15 Eagles, but still lacks a permanent replacement. The F-15EX’s arrival signals a significant ...