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  2. Kadena Air Base - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Naval Base Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Okinawa, now Naval Facility Okinawa, is a number of bases built after the Battle of Okinawa by United States Navy on Okinawa Island, Japan. The naval bases were built to support the landings on Okinawa on April 1, 1945, and the troops fighting on Okinawa. The Navy repaired and did expansion of the airfields on Okinawa.

  4. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma - Wikipedia

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    The base is also used as a United Nations air distribution hub facility for response to disaster or other crisis requiring air supplies, due to the length of the runway and elevation. [6] [failed verification] For years, the relocation of the base has been a major political issue for Okinawa, Japan and the US military and diplomacy in Asia.

  5. Okinawa Island - Wikipedia

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    The island was formally controlled by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands until 1972, with around 26,000 U.S. military personnel stationed on Okinawa today, comprising about half of the total complement of the United States Forces Japan, spread among 31 areas, across 13 bases and 48 training sites. United States ...

  6. Torii Station - Wikipedia

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    US Army Garrison Okinawa is a US Army facility located in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.Home to the United States Army on Okinawa, 10th Support Group (Regional), along with the 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), 247th MP DET, and the 349th Signal Company (78th SIG BN) provide support to all other U.S. military services on the island.

  7. United States Forces Japan - Wikipedia

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    Military facilities of the United States in Japan, 2016 U.S. military bases in Japan U.S. military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture, 2010. The USFJ headquarters is at Yokota Air Base, about 30 km west of central Tokyo. The U.S. military installations in Japan and their managing branches are as follows:

  8. Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive ... - AOL

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    Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, is burdened with the majority of the 50,000 American troops based in the country under a bilateral security pact, and 70% of U.S. military ...

  9. Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler - Wikipedia

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    Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.