The runway trembles as U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs surge forward, heat waves dancing behind their engines. The low ...

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 explosion last month at a munitions storage facility on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, occurred when Japanese soldiers accidentally detonated a fuse on a World War II-era anti-tank shell, Japan’s ...

The U.S. regularly deploys spy planes in the western Pacific to collect intelligence on its top military rival, China.

Two F-15EXs of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are conducting integration and familiarization training with local units ahead of the delivery of the jet in 2026. The U.S. Air Force has announced ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture and two towns adjacent to Kadena Air Base have made formal protests to U.S. and Japanese authorities after an F-15E Strike Eagle landed at the base with a ...

The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its new Boeing F-15EX Eagle IIs to Kadena Air Base, Japan, as it prepares to stand up a unit of the fighters at the base. The service plans to stand up the ...

A US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron lands at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on 16 July 2025. (US Air Force/Airman Nathaniel Jackson) The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed ...

The F-15EX’s arrival signals a significant shift in US airpower, pairing cutting-edge upgrades with familiar systems to boost Indo-Pacific readiness and operational integration. Two United States Air ...