With over 700 combat aircraft, it was one of the largest and most advanced air forces in the world at the time, at least on ...

The last F-15C flight for a U.S.-operated Eagle came on Jan. 24 at Kadena Air Base on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The final aircraft will be converted to a maintenance trainer.

The United States Air Force‘s eighteenth Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Kadena Air Base was deactivated and the final Eagle flew out of the base.

The flight also happened during a huge shift in organizational structure at the Wing: the 67th FGS (Fighter Generation Squadron) was in fact activated to support the eventual arrival of the next ...