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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.

  • Indo-Pacific Elephant Walk

    More than 15,000 U.S. and Allied forces are participating in various exercises across the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to enhance readiness and interoperability.

  • Osan, Kunsan combine for Mammoth Walk training operations

    F-16 Fighting Falcons, A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, U-2 Dragon Ladys, and C-12 Hurons taxi stand parked on the runway at Osan Air Base during the Mammoth Walk training event on May 5, 2023. This joint effort included aircraft from both the 51st and 8th Fighter Wings, the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron and

  • Kadena demonstrates capabilities

    Wing readiness training is routinely conducted at U.S. Air Force bases across Japan and around the globe to ensure U.S. Airmen's readiness to respond to a range of potential contingencies.

  • Cope North 2022 Multilateral Mobility Air Forces Elephant Walk

    U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and regional allies and partners aircraft participate in a close formation taxi, known as an Elephant Walk, during Cope North 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 5, 2022. Cope North allows U.S. and allied forces to