Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Occupied Japan - Kadena Air Base, Misawa Air Base, Yokota Air Base, Tachikawa Airfield (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Kadena Air Base, Misawa Air Base, Yokota Air Base, Tachikawa Airfield, Fukuoka Airport, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Ie Shima Airfield, Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Nagoya Airfield, Yontan Airfield, Iruma Air Base, Chitose Air Base, Naha Air Base, Ashiya Air Field, North Field, Miho-Yonago Airport, Hiroshima Airport, Motobu Airfield, Tsuiki Air Field, Central Field, Chofu Airport, H fu Air Field, Bolo Airfield. Excerpt: Kadena Air Base Kadena Hik j ), (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Kadena Air Base is the hub of U.S. airpower in the Pacific, and home to the USAF's 18th Wing and a variety of associate units. The 18th Wing is the host unit at Kadena AB. In addition, the base hosts associate units from five other Air Force major commands, the United States Navy, and other Department of Defense agencies and direct reporting units. Associate units operate more than 20 permanently assigned, forward-based or deployed aircraft from the base on a daily basis. Associate units: Other units: The Korean War emphasized the need for maintaining a naval presence in Okinawa. On February 15, 1951, the US Naval Facility, Naha, was activated and later became commissioned on April 18. Commander Fleet Activities, Ryukyus was commissioned on March 8, 1957. On May 15, 1972, upon reversion of Okinawa to Japanese administration, the two organizations were combined to form Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa. With the relocations of Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa to Kadena Air Base on May 7, 1975, the title then became Commander Fleet Activities, Okinawa/US Naval Air Facility, Kadena. The mission of NAVCOMM Det Okinawa is to provide communications support for SEVENTH Fleet and supporting ...