Author Topic: U.S. to deploy powerful F-35A stealth fighters to Okinawa’s Kadena Air Base as North Korean threat grows  (Read 185 times)

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Offline DemolitionMan

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BY JESSE JOHNSON

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will send its version of the advanced F-35 stealth fighter jet to Okinawa’s Kadena Air Base next month in the first such deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.

The air force said in a statement Tuesday that it would send 12 F-35 fighters and approximately 300 airmen to the Kadena base in early November for a six-month rotational deployment.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/10/24/national/politics-diplomacy/u-s-deploy-powerful-f-35a-stealth-fighters-okinawas-kadena-air-base-north-korean-threat-grows/#.We8BemhSyUk
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