Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Air Force is phasing out its aging F-15C Eagles, with four jets recently returning from Kadena Air Base in Japan as part of a larger modernization effort.

Members of the USAF's 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit gathered around the last Boeing F-15C Eagle to depart Kadena Air Base, Japan, on 6 December 2024, according to the air force. (USAF/Senior ...

Summary: Last month, the United States Air Force demonstrated its capabilities at Kadena Air Base, Japan, with an impressive "elephant walk" involving advanced aircraft, including F-15C ...

While the air force declines to specify how many of the older Eagles are still in Kadena, photos of recent training exercises indicate at least one F-15C participated. The jets have been in ...

A group of F-22A and F-15C fighter jets conducted training missions during a routine exercise at Kadena on Wednesday, the 18th Wing said in a separate press release. The diverse array of fighter ...

KADENA, Okinawa Prefecture--The aging fleet of mainstay U.S. F-15 fighter jets at Kadena Air Base is gradually being withdrawn from service and replaced by a rotational deployment of some of the ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — An F-16C Fighting Falcon made an emergency landing here Monday, according to a local newspaper, the second such incident at the base in as many days. Meanwhile ...

The deployment is in support of Kadena Air Base’s modernization plans, which involve the retirement of the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of aging F-15C/D Eagle fighters. With many of the aircraft in ...