New F-22 and F-16 fighter jets arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, this past weekend, even as the key base continues to hold onto at least a few F-15C Eagles. The F-16s are from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron out of Shaw Air Force Base, ...
Four of the last F-15Cs stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan flew back to the U.S. for retirement or reassignment on Aug. 24. As the F-15C/D presence winds down, its replacement, the F-15EX, is spooling up, with new aircraft added and a declaration of ...
Kadena Air Base, Japan, bid farewell to its first batch of F-15C Eagles on Dec. 1, as the Air Force began the two-year process of retiring the base's aging fighters. A press release from the 18th Wing at Kadena did not specify how many F-15s were ...