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 ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Kadena Air Base is on the Japanese island of Okinawa, sandwiched between Japan and Taiwan in the East China Sea. Its proximity makes it the closest military outpost to Taiwan, a self-governed ...

A 53-aircraft exercise put US military airpower on display in Japan earlier this week. Fighter jets, rescue helicopters, and spy planes taxiied the runway at Kadena Air Base. The massive aircraft ...

An F-35B Lightning II aircraft executes a vertical landing on Japan Maritime Self-Defense ... three-year delay in the completion of an air base on the island of Mageshima that is planned to ...

The closest fifth-generation aircraft are stationed in Alaska and Hawaii, east of the international date line and thousands of miles away from key terrain in the first island chain. By contrast ...

(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 ...