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  • 18th SFS, JGSDF strengthen partnership through tabletop exercise

    Leaders from the 18th Security Forces Squadron met with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 51st Infantry Regiment command team for a tabletop exercise at Kadena Air Base, Oct. 24, 2025.The exercise focused on developing and refining joint defense strategies to protect Okinawa and key regional

  • Air Refueling: Power beyond the horizon

    A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron conducts aerial refueling operations with B1-B Lancers and F-35 Lightning IIs over the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 27, 2025.The KC-135 is the premier long-term aircraft that provides aerial refueling capabilities for the U.S.

  • BH 26-1: Aeromedical Evacuation: Taking Critical Care To The Skies

    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.

  • BH 26-1: Practice under pressure: 18th Wing exercises readiness

    Members of the 18th Security Forces Squadron and 18th Civil Engineer Squadron responded to a simulated active shooter event during a routine readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 4, 2025. ​​​​​​The scenario, as part of BH 26-1, tested Kadena’s ability to respond to threats, provide

  • ​​​BH 26-1: 18th CES hones aircraft fire and egress response​​

    The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron ​F​ire and ​E​mergency ​S​ervices flight conducted an F-15 ground emergency response exercise during ​base-wide ​operational readiness exercise BH 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 6, 2025. ​​​​During the simulation, first responders used fire trucks and

  • BH 26-1: 4th EFGS Airmen conduct maintenance

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, perform maintenance on F-35A Lightning IIs during base-wide operational readiness exercise BH 26-1 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 3, 2025.

  • ODB Director General tours Kadena

    Mr. Masaru Murai, Okinawa Defense Bureau director general, met with Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, 18th Wing commander, and other 18th Wing leadership Sept. 11, 2025, to familiarize himself with Kadena Air Base and introduce himself as the primary bridge between the Government of Japan, U.S. Forces and

  • Steps to safety: Kadena and Chatan Town partner for tsunami readiness

    The 18th Wing partnered with Chatan Town to practice disaster evacuation procedures at Kadena, Sept. 20, 2025. Members of Chatan communities practiced walking the official evacuation route through the air base from Kadena Gate 1 to a park on the installation to simulate what would occur during a

  • 909th powers U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps during large force exercise

    A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron conducts aerial refueling operations with U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 131, over the Pacific