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 ...

An F-15E Strike Eagle landed without one of its wheels on Monday, the Air Force said. (Senior Airman Ivy Thomas/Air Force) An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, landed ...

A US Air Force F-15EX Eagle II of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron lands at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on 16 July 2025. (US Air Force/Airman Nathaniel Jackson) The US Air Force (USAF) has deployed ...

Two F-15EXs of the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron are conducting integration and familiarization training with local units ahead of the delivery of the jet in 2026. The U.S. Air Force has announced ...

The United States has sent advanced versions of the F-15 fighter jet to Kadena Air Base in Japan as part of efforts to respond to China's growing threat. The U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing—the host unit ...

U.S. military personnel gather near the site of an explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa on Monday. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO — An explosion at a storage ...

Four Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members were injured Monday after a piece of military ordnance went off at the U.S. Air Force base. By Nicholas Slayton Published Jun 9, 2025 7:30 AM EDT Four ...

An explosion injured four men at a Japanese facility for storing unexploded bombs at a US air base in Okinawa on June 9, a fire official said, with their condition reportedly not critical. Japan ...

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Several Japanese Self-Defense Force members were injured on Monday in an explosion at an ammunition storage area inside the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, ...

Kadena Air Base, a United States military hub in the Western Pacific Ocean, conducted a series of exercises recently in preparation for a potential long-range missile attack by China. Newsweek has ...