A “false confidence of safety” and a flight plan that did not adhere to plans led to a fatal incident at Kadena Air Base last ...

The Air Force Reserve's 419th Fighter Wing and the active-duty 388th Fighter Wing operate 78 F-35A Lightning IIs at Hill AFB.

As part of its force stationed in Japan, the Pentagon has deployed F-35B and F-35C jets, capable of operating from ships, at ...

The South Korean air force’s demonstration team, the Black Eagles, will make a refueling stop on Okinawa for the first time.

The brothers, one a KC-135 refueling pilot, the other an F-35 fighter pilot, met in the sky on a refueling mission in ...

Kadena Air Base, Japan — The runway trembles as U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs surge forward, heat waves dancing behind their engines. The low growl builds to a thunder, echoing across the skies ...

Sept. 23, 2025, is a milestone that highlights the U.S. Air Force's capacity death spiral. On that day, the Maryland Air National Guard (ANG) inactivated the 104th Fighter Squadron, making Maryland ...

Maryland Air National Guard troops prepare for the departure of the final flight of an A-10C Thunderbolt at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Maryland. (Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover/U.S. Air National ...

TOKYO – The U.S. Marine Corps is planning to formally deploy MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance that are currently stationed temporarily at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, it has ...

An F-15E Strike was flying from Diego Garcia to Kadena when it was discovered that a wheel was missing. A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle conducted an emergency landing on Aug. 4, 2025, at Kadena ...

Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, plans to conduct safety inspections of all its F-15E Strike Eagles after one fighter was forced to land without a wheel. (Staff Sgt. Gary Hilton/Air Force) Kadena ...