Story by Staff Sgt. Dwane Young | 18th Wing | 12.15.2025
In a region where distance defines every mission, information dominance serves as the cornerstone of deterrence. Kadena Air Base stands as the forward hub for joint and allied ISR operations that preserve stability, reassure partners and ensure U.S. forces remain ready to respond at a moment’s notice....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dwane Young | 18th Wing | 12.11.2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — At the busiest combat airfield in the U.S. Air Force, the rhythm of takeoffs and landings rarely slows. Fighter jets, tankers, and cargo aircraft cycle through Kadena’s airspace in relentless succession — a living signal of U.S. resolve and deterrence in the Indo-Pacific....
Story by Senior Airman Erin Currie | 18th Wing | 11.14.2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — As a passenger aircraft touches down at Kadena Air Base, Japan, more than 200 service members step off, ready to begin their rotation in the Indo-Pacific....
Story by Senior Airman Erin Currie | 18th Wing | 11.05.2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted a training flight aboard a C-130J Super Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, in support of operational readiness exercise BH 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 5, 2025....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dwane Young | 18th Wing | 10.18.2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — The arrival of F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, on Oct. 18, 2025, marks the completion of the latest U.S. Air Force fighter rotation to the Indo-Pacific....
Story by Senior Airman Erin Currie | 18th Wing | 10.15.2025
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Maintenance Group and 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron teamed up with members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to conduct joint hot pit refueling operations at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 15, 2025....
Story by Senior Airman Erin Currie | 18th Wing | 08.29.2025
In a historic move, the U.S. military has awarded the $995 million Okinawa Multiple Award Construction Contract or MACC— the largest construction contract in Pacific Air Forces history — marking a transformational step toward modernizing and sustaining critical infrastructure across Okinawa....
Story by Senior Airman Erin Currie | 18th Wing | 08.20.2025
Twice a year, the Airmen of the 18th Munitions Squadron take part in an operation known as a “Call Forward”: a large-scale munitions resupply mission designed to keep Kadena Air Base fully mission ready....
