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Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the Pacific" because of its highly strategic location. [2]
Aborted takeoff. The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52D Stratofortress (serial number 55-0103) of the 4252d Strategic Wing had a full bomb load and broke up and caught fire after the aircraft aborted takeoff at Kadena Air Base while it was conducting an Operation Arc Light bombing mission to South Vietnam during ...
The United States Air Force 's 18th Wing is the host wing for Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and is the Air Force's largest combat wing. It is the largest and principal organization in the Pacific Air Forces Fifth Air Force. The Wing's 18th Operations Group is a successor organization of the 18th Pursuit Group, one of the 15 original combat ...
Osan-ni Air Base, South Korea, 10 January 1953; Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, 30 October 1954 (deployed to Yontan Auxiliary Air Base, Okinawa, 10 November–11 December 1954; Chiayi Air Base, Taiwan, 27 January–17 February 1955 and 1 July – 1 October 1955; Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 18 February–26 April 1965 and 16 August–23 ...
The 623d Air Control Squadron (623 ACS) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 18th Wing. The 623d is based out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The 623d is tasked to provide Command & Control within a sector of the Japanese Air Defense System.
44th Fighter Squadron emblem (approved 18 February 1942)[1] The 44th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. [2] The 44th Pursuit Squadron was activated on 1 January 1941 and assigned to the 18th Pursuit Group. [2] The 44th Fighter Squadron is equipped with the F-15C ...
Japan National Route 58 at Kadena. Kadena (嘉手納町, Kadena-chō, Okinawan: Kadina) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. [1] As of October 2016, the town had an estimated population of 13,671 and a density of 910 persons per km 2. The total area is 15.04 square kilometres (5.81 sq mi).
The 18th Operations Group is the operational flying component of the United States Air Force 18th Wing, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The 18th OG is the largest combat operations group in the Air Force with eight squadrons, one flight, 842 active-duty members and approximately 80 aircraft, including the F-15 Eagle, E-3 Sentry ...