Japan's plans ... appear unlikely. Air search-and-rescue units are also expected to train on the island. "This facility could ...

The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission ... jungle that has grown over the base since the last US Army Air ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans to site surface ... a Ground Self-Defense Force base on Yonaguni Island, to accommodate a new surface-to-air missile unit, a ministry spokesman told Stars ...

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan plans ... to the U.S. Air Force’s 18th Wing, and Camp Courtney, a Marine Corps base. The defense bureau represents the Defense Ministry on the island.

It conducted a circuit before turning back and passing between Yonaguni Island and Taiwan again ... fighter aircraft from the Southwest Air Defense Command of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...

on Japan's main southern island of Kyushu. The U.S. military's Kadena Air Base is the most important and largest American base in the region. There have been a spate of fatal U.S. Osprey crashes ...

(U.S. Air Force photo) Misawa Air Base is a vast facility located near the northern tip of Honshu, Japan’s largest island, around 425 miles north of Tokyo. The base is used both by the Japan Air ...

The Air Force finally has a permanent plan to replace the aging F-15C/D fighter jets stationed in Japan. The service ... Ds assigned to Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa.

and the Komatsu Air Base is considered “the key to air defense in front of the Sea of Japan” with China, Russia and North Korea in mind. “As the only combat air wing on the Sea of Japan side ...