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US Pacific Command:

USAF: 12,758 personnel.; 1 HQ (5th Air Force) located at Okinawa–Kadena AB; 1 ftr wg located at Okinawa–Kadena AB (2 ftr sqn with total of 18 F-16 Fighting Falcon located at Misawa AB); 1 ftr wg located at Okinawa–Kadena AB (1 SAR sqn with 8 HH-60G Pave Hawk, 1 AEW sqn with 2 E-3B Sentry, 2 ftr sqn with total of 24 F-15C Eagle/F-15D Eagle); 1 airlift wg located at Yokota AB with 10 C-130E Hercules; 2 C-21J; 1 special ops gp located at Okinawa–Kadena AB

USMC: 14,378 personnel.; 1 Marine div (3rd); 1 ftr sqn with 12 F/A-18D Hornet; 1 tkr sqn with 12 KC-130J Hercules; 2 spt hel sqn with 12 CH-46E Sea Knight; 1 spt hel sqn with 12 MV-22B Osprey; 3 spt hel sqn with 10 CH-53E Sea Stallion

Army 2,548 personnel.; 1 HQ (9th Theater Army Area Command) located at Zama Navy 3,708; 1 CVN; 2 CG; 8 DDG; 1 LCC; 2 MCM; 1 LHD; 2 LSD; 1 base located at Sasebo; 1 base located at Yokosuka

 
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   Japan AF News:

Air Weapons (Smart Bombs and Missiles): Customized For F-35A

• Air Weapons (Smart Bombs and Missiles): Customized For F-35A  (5.11.2018)

US B-1 Bombers, F-35 Fighters Fly to Korea in Show of Force

• US B-1 Bombers, F-35 Fighters Fly to Korea in Show of Force  (31.08.2017)

Augmenting the JGSDF's AAV-7A1 Amphibians

• Augmenting the JGSDF's AAV-7A1 Amphibians  (9.03.2017)


• Japan to get new Hawkeyes in 2018  (7.03.2017)

• Japan Plans More Aggressive Defense  (26.05.2013)

• China-Japan Island Dispute Could Become Flashpoint  (4.05.2013)

• China calls on Japan to lower tensions by stopping fighter plane scrambles
 (18.04.2013)

• Tokyo tells planes to report to US military if near US base
 (14.04.2013)

• Enstrom 480B Receives Japanese Certification
 (5.04.2013)

• Enstrom 480B Receives Japanese Certification
 (5.04.2013)

• Japan National Police Agency Orders Another GrandNew
 (6.03.2013)

• Japan Retains Confidence in F-35 Fighter, Defense Chief Says
 (27.02.2013)

• Insight: China increased belligerence after U.S. aircraft deployment near Senkakus
 (6.02.2013)


 

 



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