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  • 1st SOS (Re)loads the HIMARS

    Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron and Marines assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force practiced new load and unload techniques for M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System ammo pods at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2023. The 3rd MEF and 1st SOS collaborated to

  • Falcons join Raptors and Eagles at KAB

    F-16CM Fighting Falcons from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 16, 2023, to support the on-going phased return of Kadena’s fleet of F-15C/D Eagles to the United States.

  • Kadena connects to Starlink

    Airman 1st Class Cody Moser, 18th Communications Squadron expeditionary communications technician, conducts a performance test for a Starlink terminal at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2023. “Connection to Starlink means we can bump up our end-users from 6 to 8 to potentially 20 to 30, which

  • Multilateral leadership celebrates with New Year Jumps 2023

    Yokota Air Base leadership, alongside multilateral partners from the US Army, US Navy, and Japan Self Defense Forces, observed the annual New Year's Jumps exercise at the Camp Narashino Training Area in Chiba, Japan, on Jan. 8, 2023. The first jump exercise of the year in Japan showcases a bilateral

  • 909th ARS refuel B-1B Lancers over Pacific

    Aircrew assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, refueled U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, over the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 10, 2023. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command routinely and visibly

  • 5th AF DCOM visits Okinawa

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Emmanuel Brown, right, 353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron MC-130 craftsman crew chief, briefs Brig. Gen. Jesse Friedel, left, Fifth Air Force deputy commander, on their medical evacuation capabilities at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 1, 2022. The U.S. Air

  • Fueling the Pacific

    Aircraft land at Yokota Air Base almost every day, serving as the busiest transportation hub in the Western Indo-Pacific and servicing aircraft from all over the world.But aircraft can’t get here without help. An important part of getting planes to where they need to go, is fueling them up. The