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Eagles retiring from Kadena AB
Air Force to replace F-15s on Okinawa with more advanced fighters on rotation.
TOKYO — The Air Force will withdraw its two squadrons of F-15 fighters on Okinawa over two years starting Tuesday and replace them with rotational squadrons of more advanced fighters, an Air Force spokeswoman said Friday.
The Department of Defense “will commence a phased withdrawal” of F-15 C/D Strike Eagles deployed to Kadena Air Base, spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said in an emailed statement provided by Kadena to Stars and Stripes on Friday evening.
Published reports Thursday and Friday said the rotational aircraft will come initially from F-22 squadrons in Alaska.
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194th Fighter Squadron Eagle Livery
That’s Tail Flash 85-113, which recently reached more than 10,000 flight hours. To celebrate, members of the 144th Fighter Wing painted the aircraft with in this special paint scheme.
On these photos 85-113 was flown for the first time today after receiving the paint job to conduct a functional test flight. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Master Sgt. Charles Vaughn & Staff Sgt. Mercedes Taylor)
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144th Fighter Wing “Alaska DACT 22”
photos by Master Sgt. Charles Vaughn and Capt. Jason Sanchez
Airmen and F-15s assigned to the Calif. Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing are conducting dissimilar aircraft combat training with the 3rd Wing’s 90th and 525th Fighter squadrons at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and testing their ability to backfill for the alert air defence mission within the region.
The training at JBER focuses on fighter integration training between fourth-generation F-15 Eagles and fifth-generation F-22 Raptors and their ability to interoperate seamlessly. The training began April 11, 2022 and will conclude in approximately three weeks.
