F-15EXs first assigned to Japanese forces in the US have begun rearming at the largest air base in the western Pacific. The first two F-15EX Eagle II fighters arrived at Kadina Air Force Base (numbers 22-0022 and 22-0023). Kadina was the first air base abroad to receive the aircraft as part of a permanent fighter squadron, and the second US Air Force base after the 142nd Air Wing of the Oregon National Guard, where the F-15EX began operating. The new aircraft is being replaced by 48 aging F-15C/D aircraft that were retired from the Air Force and left Japan. According to the plan, 36 F-15EX will be permanently stationed at Kadina. The F-15EX is equipped with an AESA AN/APG-82(V)1 radar, a modern EPAWSS electronic warfare complex and is capable of carrying up to 12 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles or up to 22 air-to-air guided missiles. @WarPeace And You.

F-15EXs first assigned to Japanese forces in the US have begun rearming at the largest air base in the western Pacific. The first two F-15EX Eagle II fighters arrived at Kadina Air Force Base (numbers 22-0022 and 22-0023). Kadina was the first air base abroad to receive the aircraft as part of a permanent fighter squadron, and the second US Air Force base after the 142nd Air Wing of the Oregon National Guard, where the F-15EX began operating. The new aircraft is being replaced by 48 aging F-15C/D aircraft that were retired from the Air Force and left Japan. According to the plan, 36 F-15EX will be permanently stationed at Kadina. The F-15EX is equipped with an AESA AN/APG-82(V)1 radar, a modern EPAWSS electronic warfare complex and is capable of carrying up to 12 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles or up to 22 air-to-air guided missiles. @WarPeace And You.