The RC-135V Rivet Joint aircraft is equipped with a sensor suite to detect, identify, and geolocate electronic signals.

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons made precautionary landings at Kadena on Jan 29 and 30 due to possible “jammed bullets,” the Ryukyu ...

A U.S. airman convicted in Japan of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor is scheduled to begin his appeal trial next ...

Kadena is the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan, located about 370 miles away and within range of Chinese medium-range ballistic missiles.

The runway display of 53 Air Force and Navy planes — plus Army missiles — ranged from rescue helicopters to fighters and hulking spy planes.

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 ...

Kadena Air Base, Japan, bid farewell to the first wave of F-15 Eagles that left the 18th Wing on December 1, 2022 and returned to the United States. This marked the first departure of Eagles as a ...

The U.S. Air Force has increased the number of F-15s sent to Diego Garcia to provide force protection, a U.S. defense official has confirmed to The War Zone. During America’s accelerated bombing ...

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 ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Fifty-three military aircraft, ranging from fighter jets to sophisticated reconnaissance craft, lined up in tight formation at Okinawa’s Kadena Air Base ...