The Shoguns of the 18th Wing are organized into five groups: operations, maintenance, mission support, civil engineer and medical. Team Kadena includes associate units from five other Air Force major commands, the Navy, and numerous other Department of Defense agencies and direct reporting units. In addition to the 81 aircraft of the 18th Wing, associate units operate more than 20 permanently assigned, forward-based or deployed aircraft from the base on a daily basis.

· 353rd Special Operations Group
· 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron
· 320th Special Tactics Squadron
· 1st Special Operations Squadron
· 17th Special Operations Squadron
· Det 1, 43rd Intelligence Squadron
· 5th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron
· 733d Air Mobility Squadron
· Joint Okinawa Training Range Complex​
· American Forces Network Okinawa, Defense Media Activity
· Det 3, PACAF Air Postal Squadron
· Support Center Pacific, OO-ALC/Maly
· Det 624, AF Office of Special Investigations
· Det 233, Air Force Audit Agency
· Field Training Detachment Det 15, 372nd Training Squadron
· 390th Intelligence Squadron
· 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion
· Defense Commissary Agency
· DoDDS Pacific Director's Office
· DoD Dependents Schools Pacific
· Commander, Fleet Activities, Okinawa (Navy)
· U.S. Naval Hospital-Okinawa
· U.S. Consulate Naha
· U.S. Forces Japan
· 5th Air Force
· U.S Marines Okinawa
· American Red Cross Okinawa
· Defense Logistics Agency - Pacific
· U.S. General Services Administration -GSA- 
· AFR West Recruiting Squadron
· OL 69GE 369 USAF Recruiting Squadron​