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El Paso, Texas (KTSM) – What’s an “elephant walk”? Well, one was on display at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on April 21. Forty-nine aircraft, assigned to the 49th Wing, lined the runway for an awesome display of airpower and firepower. An elephant walk is a tactic used by the U.S. Air […]
The Air Force is replacing the aging tactical fighters at Kadena Air Base with rotating squadrons of more advanced warplanes.
F-35A Lightning II multi-role fighters touched down at Kadena Air Base, Japan, this week as part of a rotating force of advanced fighters replacing an aging fleet of F-15 Eagles.
The only U.S. Air Force base in Germany with fighter jets is loaning some of its air combat power to Okinawa, where older aircraft are gradually being phased out and returned to the United States.
The Air Force plans to replace the two units of F-15 Eagles positioned on Okinawa with rotating units of more advanced, fifth-generation F-22 Raptor stealth fighters for the foreseeable future.