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  2. Patriot Express - Wikipedia

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    These flights arrive and depart from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the United States. [4] [5] They serve Yokota Air Base, Misawa Air Base, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and Kadena Air Base in Japan as well as Osan Air Base in Korea. A PE to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam was added in March 2020. The Guam mission is a 6-month ...

  3. Government contract flight - Wikipedia

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    The flight was officially known as the "Osan Eagle", later renamed "Patriot Express" (PE). The charter flights operated until 30 September 2005, when Department of Defense cutbacks forced United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to reduce PE service. Flights still continued to Japan and Europe, but in reduced capacity. [1]

  4. Kadena Air Base - Wikipedia

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    Kadena Air Base in the center. 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]

  5. List of United States Air Force aerial port squadrons

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    Ashiya AB, Japan Tachikawa AB, Japan Naha AB, Okinawa Kunsan AB, Korea: Activated on 7 Feb 1955, replaced 6127th Air Terminal Group ().Stations: Ashiya AB, Japan, 7 Feb 1955; Tachikawa AB, Japan, 1 Jul 1956; Naha AB, Okinawa, 8 Mar 1966; Kunsan AB, Korea, 30 Jun 1971 – 1 Nov 1973.

  6. Flying Tiger Line - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft was operating a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) cargo flight from Travis AFB to Kadena Air Base. [22] On March 16, 1962, Flight 739 (also known as Flight 7815/13) L-1049H Super Constellation N6921C disappeared over the Pacific en-route from Guam to Clark AFB in the Philippines with 107 on board. A ship witnessed an explosion ...

  7. 18th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. 623rd Air Control Squadron - Wikipedia

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    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. The 623d conducts operations out of Japanese Air Self Defense Force facilities located at Naha Air Base, Kasuga Air Base and Iruma Air Base. The 623d operates the Southwest Sector ...

  9. Tinian International Airport - Wikipedia

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    For 12-month period ending March 17, 2022, the airport had 29,207 aircraft operations, an average of 80 per day: 74% air taxi, 26% general aviation and <1% military. [1] The head office of Star Marianas Air is in Hangar 1 at the airport. [5] A VMFA-121 F/A-18D Hornet makes an arrested landing in May 2012.