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  • BB26-1: The Tip of the Spear Starts Here

    The 18th Wing conducted operational readiness exercise Beverly Beach 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug 3-5, 2026, demonstrating the Wing’s capacity to generate sorties, defend the base, respond to emergencies and sustain the force during contingency operations.

  • BB26-1: Strengthens military assisted departure readiness

    Long before passengers board an aircraft during an emergency, a carefully coordinated process is already underway. During readiness exercise Beverly Beach 26-1, service members, dependents and Airmen rehearsed that process through a simulated military assisted departure exercise at Kadena Air Base,

  • BB26-1: Hot-gas refueling strengthens HH-60 readiness

    U.S. Air Force special mission aviators assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron refuel a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II during a hot-gas refueling operation as part of readiness exercise Beverly Beach 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 4, 2026. BB26-1 provides Airmen opportunities to refine

  • BB26-1: Simulated Ground Ammunition Emergency

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Security Forces Squadron and the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron collaborated in a simulated emergency response during exercise Beverly Beach 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5, 2026. Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians assessed a simulated missile

  • BB26-1: Airmen respond to simulated grounded drone

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Security Forces Squadron, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters and explosive ordnance disposal team collaborated in a simulated emergency response during exercise Beverly Beach 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 3, 2026. The scenario involved a

  • BB26-1 demonstrates combat readiness at Kadena

    Before the first U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 27th and 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadrons, deployed to Kadena, lifted off the runway, hundreds of Airmen had already set the mission in motion. Maintainers completed final inspections, pilots reviewed mission objectives and support