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  • United in Strength: aircraft line runway at Kadena

    Just another Tuesday at Kadena Air Base! Every day, the 18th Wing and its mission partners on base conduct joint air operations featuring a range of unique aircraft, but you don’t always get to see it in one place.

  • Osan historian named best in DAF

    The 51st Fighter Wing historian, Robert Clark, recently emerged as the recipient of the prestigious 2023 Department of the Air Force History and Heritage Excellence in History Program Award for his wing-level contributions for the best individual history office. The recognition serves as a testament

  • USAF, JASDF maintenance immersion

    The 374th Maintenance Group hosted Japan Air Self-Defense Force airmen for a bilateral maintenance immersion, Oct. 31 – Nov. 3, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

  • US, Japan Guard and Protect 2023

    Airmen from the 374th Security Forces Squadron trained with their security counterparts in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) during Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1, a two-week-long base readiness exercise meant to hone critical skills during realistic

  • Yokota Airmen soar through BM 24-1

    Exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 concluded recently at Yokota Air Base, Japan, reaffirming the role Yokota Airmen play in promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific region.The exercise, which tested the readiness and wartime capabilities of 374th Airlift Wing Airmen, saw participants execute critical tasks

  • Osan concludes peninsula wide training event

    Vigilant Defense 24, hosted by Seventh Air Force, is a peninsula-wide combined flying training event with participants from the U.S., Republic of Korea and Royal Australian Air Forces, at Osan Air Base, ROK, Oct. 28 - Nov. 3, 2023.

  • Vigilant Defense 24: Osan demonstrates ALS capabilities

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons and A-10C Thunderbolt II's employ an alternate landing strip during the peninsula-wide training event Vigilant Defense 24 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 30, 2023. When the ALS is activated the taxiway on the flightline becomes an active air strip which

  • Airmen train relocation tactics during Vigilant Defense 24

    Wing operations center members simulate contingency command-and-control center relocation protocols during the Vigilant Defense 24 training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 2023. This training upskills Airmen to be resilient and adaptable, affirming our commitment to the Republic

  • No runway? No problem for Team Yokota

    For the second time in recorded history, Team Yokota launched and recovered multiple C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from its Foxtrot taxiway to respond to a simulated damaged airfield during exercise Beverly Morning 24-1 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22.In the scenario, Yokota’s primary runway was