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  • Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons partnered with Japan Air Self-Defense Force members from the Naha Air Rescue Squadron for exercise Cope Angel 25-1, June 23-27, 2025 at Kadena and Naha Air Bases. Cope Angel is the 33rd RQS’s primary, annual bilateral personnel

  • Defense Minister of Japan visits Kadena

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Minister of Defense, Mr. Gen Nakatani, Ministry of Defense, visited the 18th Wing on June 23, 2025, to learn more about the support Okinawa-based forces provide to the broader Pacific theater.

  • Strategic Integration and Deterrence Take Center Stage in Bamboo Eagle

    As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight. Held this

  • 8 AF leadership meets with JASDF, visits 35 FW

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, center, commander Eighth Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, views the flightline during an immersion tour at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 1, 2025. Leaders engaged directly with Airmen to better understand Bomber Task Force operations and

  • 35th FW Welcomes USFJ Commander Lt. Gen. Jost

    U.S. Air Force Lt. General Stephen Jost, U.S. Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force commander, held a mentorship briefing at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 7, 2025. The briefing delivered strategic guidance to align the 35th Fighter Wing with evolving Indo-Pacific priorities and highlighted the wing’s

  • 374 OSS responds to runway closure with rapid contingency landings

    Members of the 374th Operations Support Squadron and 36th Airlift Squadron conducted rapid contingency landings on a recently approved alternate landing zone, Apr 8.The 374 OSS air traffic control tower received notification of an in-flight emergency of a Yokota-bound aircraft prompting a temporary

  • U.S. Joint force continues to improve integration and investments at Kadena

    The 18th Wing, in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Multi-Domain Training and Experimentation Capability (PMTEC) continues to modernize key installation and airfield infrastructure towards improving force readiness and joint interoperability at Kadena Air Base, Japan.