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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...
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    controlled by the US Government including Kadena Air Base, the second-largest base in the United States Air Force. Kadena faces the East China Sea to the west...
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    from Kadena Air Base crashed into an elementary school in Uruma, killing 17 and injuring 210. The residential area surrounding the Kadena Air Base has...
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    States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress crashed at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa, Japan. The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command...
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    Carolina 353d Special Operations Group, Kadena Air Base, Japan 320th Special Tactics Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan 352d Special Operations Wing, RAF...
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    from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa to Kung Kuan Air Base with North American F-100 Super Sabre. 11 – 24 May 1961, the 39th Air Division based at Misawa Air Base...
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  • Kadena Elementary School, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Island Kadena High School, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Island Kadena Middle School, Kadena Air Base,...
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    Air Control Squadron (623 ACS) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 18th Wing. The 623d is based out of Kadena Air Base...
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    the U.S. Air Force. The runways at Kadena were upgraded for Convair B-36 Peacemaker use. Reconnaissance RB-36s were deployed to Yokota Air Base in late...
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    B-29s. In May 1949, the headquarters of the Twentieth Air Force moved from Guam to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Its former staff was assigned to the 19th BW...
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    The 33rd Rescue Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It operates Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft conducting search and rescue...
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    Korean War, B-29 Superfortresses flew bombing missions over Korea from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. The military buildup on the island during the Cold War...
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    Theater of Operations. Its last assignment was with Pacific Air Forces at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. It was inactivated on 1 October 1991. The unit was...
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    18th Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    The United States Air Force's 18th Wing is the host wing for Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan and is the Air Force's largest combat wing. It is the largest...
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    Japan during the 1950s through the 1970s remains a controversy. At Kadena Air Force Base, an Entomology Branch of the U.S. Army Preventive Medicine Activity...
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    67th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    is a fighter squadron of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 67th is equipped with the F-15C/D...
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    the first refugee camp in Okinawa in the area south of present-day Kadena Air Base. The population of the former villages swelled rapidly. An area of...
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    320th Special Tactics Squadron (category Special tactics squadrons of the United States Air Force)
    a Special Tactics unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command, based at Kadena Air Base. The 320th was originally constituted in 1943...
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    Kadena High School (カデナ高校, Kadena Kōkō) is an American high school located at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, administered...
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    of Gushikawa and Ishikawa to form the new city of Uruma. "Kadena Air Base, Higashi, Kadena, Nakagami District, Okinawa -, Japan Sunrise Sunset Times"...
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    44th Fighter Squadron (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    Fighter Squadron is a unit of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The 44th Pursuit Squadron was...
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    Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Air Force)
    U.S. Air Force twice dispatched a special reconnaissance jet, the WC-135 Constant Phoenix from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, to collect air samples...
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    Kadena Air Base in December 2018 HMAS Parramatta in late 2019 A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in February 2020 A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air...
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    Kadena Air Base, Japan. It trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescue specialists. The 31st Rescue Squadron was constituted as the 31st Air Rescue...
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  • from MacDill to Yokota Air Base in Japan, the crew encounter severe wind and storms. Low on fuel, they divert to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. As they prepare...
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    deployed overseas in February 2007 with the 27th Fighter Squadron to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. This first overseas deployment was initially marred...
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    Special Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It operates the MC-130J Commando II, providing special operation capabilities. Air crews are trained in night...
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    Clark Air Base is a Philippine Air Force base in Luzon, located 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Angeles City, and about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Metro Manila...
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    Corps Kadena airfield, (Naval Air Facility Kadena 1975–1992, now Camp Shields) Improved and used for USAAF bombers (1945 – present as Kadena Air Base) Ie...
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    uncontrollable during a training or test flight from Kadena Air Base located in the towns of Kadena and Chatan. Schmitt ejected from the aircraft, landing...
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