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  2. 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]

  3. 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 ...

  4. 18th Wing - Wikipedia

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    18th TFW North American F-100A-15-NA Super Sabre Serial, AF Ser. No. 53-1587, landing at Kadena Air Base. Republic F-105D-31-RE Thunderchief, AF Ser. No. 62-4375, 12th TFS/18th TFW on 18 May 1971. Noted in October 2003 at the Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS and still there October 2006, this F-105 was the last of its kind in use with any US ...

  5. 623rd Air Control Squadron - Wikipedia

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    Based out of Kadena Air Base, the 623d remains ready to integrate USAF, joint, and bilateral combat aerospace operations and defend United States and Japanese mutual interests in the Pacific region. The 623d ACS maintains system expertise on an indigenous primary command and control system at Naha Air Base, Kasuga Air Base and Iruma Air Base.

  6. 909th Air Refueling Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 909th Air Refueling Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan.It operates the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting air refueling missions.. The squadron was first activated in 1942 as the 19th Reconnaissance Squadron, but was redesignated the 409th Bombardment Squadron shortly after activation.

  7. Two U.S. airmen charged with separate sexual assaults in Japan

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    The Air Force’s 18th Wing, which controls the Kadena base on Okinawa, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News. In the second case, a U.S. air force service member is ...

  8. 1st Special Operations Squadron - Wikipedia

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    While at its initial home base at Bien Hoa AB, aircrews of the 1st Air Commando Squadron performed the first combat tests of the famous Douglas FC-47 gunship, beginning in December 1964. In 1964 the 1st began flying the Douglas A-1 Skyraider , the aircraft with which it is most closely associated, but continued to fly other types into 1966.

  9. 733rd Air Mobility Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron (733 AMS) is an air mobility squadron of the United States Air Force based at Kadena Air Base in Japan.It is part of the 515th Air Mobility Operations Group, based at Yokota Air Base, Japan and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, based at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.Originally constituted as the 603rd Military Airlift Support Squadron (MASS) and activated ...