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    Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa...
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  • Kadena may refer to: Kadena, Okinawa, a town in Japan Kadena Air Base Reon Kadena, Japanese model and actress Kadeena Cox, British parasport athlete Kadina...
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    Kadena (嘉手納町, Kadena-chō, Okinawan: Kadina) is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town had an estimated...
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  • Reon Kadena (かでな れおん, Kadena Reon), also known as Leon Kadena or Minamo Kusano, is a Japanese glamor-model and actress. Kadena was born in Osaka Prefecture...
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  • Kadena High School (カデナ高校, Kadena Kōkō) is an American high school located at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and is administered...
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    On 19 November 1968, a B-52 crashed at Kadena Air Base, on the island of Okinawa, Japan. The United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC)...
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    established the first refugee camp in Okinawa in the area south of present-day Kadena Air Base. The population of the former villages swelled rapidly. An area...
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    Korean War, B-29 Superfortresses flew bombing missions over Korea from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa. The military buildup on the island during the Cold...
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    Marine Wing Liaison Kadena (MWLK) is a United States Marine Corps logistics and liaison unit based at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan. They fall under...
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    American soldier ‌Sergeant Isaac J. Hurt in Kadena, Okinawa on September 4, 1955. Nagayama's body was found near Kadena Air Base during the U.S. occupation of...
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    The 33rd Rescue Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It operates Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk aircraft conducting search and rescue...
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    uncontrollable during a training or test flight from Kadena Air Base located in the towns of Kadena and Chatan. Schmitt ejected from the aircraft, landing...
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    first deployed overseas in February 2007 with the 27th Fighter Squadron to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. This first overseas deployment was initially...
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    operated by the 82d Reconnaissance Squadron during the Vietnam War from Kadena AB, gathering signals intelligence over the Gulf of Tonkin and Laos with...
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    Kadena Air Base in December 2018 HMAS Parramatta in late 2019 A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in February 2020 A RAAF P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air...
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    (#61-7978) arrives at Kadena AB to replace A-12s. 21 March 1968: First SR-71 (#61-7976) operational mission flown from Kadena AB over Vietnam. 8 May...
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    61-7978) arrives at Kadena AB, Okinawa to replace A-12s 21 March 1968: First SR-71 (AF Ser. No. 61-7976) operational mission flown from Kadena AB over Vietnam...
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    nine fissile cores into the custody of the U.S. Air Force. The runways at Kadena were upgraded for Convair B-36 Peacemaker use. Reconnaissance RB-36s were...
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    Air Base in Japan – 21 schools Pacific South District – headquartered at Kadena Air Base in Japan – 17 schools The Kaiserslautern District has the most...
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    C-40C at Kadena Air Base...
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    The 31st Rescue Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescue specialists. The 31st...
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  • problems. Haber currently serves as a member of the advisory board for Kadena, a hybrid blockchain platform. Haber's research during his time at Bellcore...
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    producing it. In late 1958, nuclear weapons were deployed by the U.S. from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to Kunsan Air Base in South Korea in order to oppose...
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    unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command, based at Kadena Air Base. The 320th was originally constituted in 1943 during World War...
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  • with the name include: Reon Cuffy (born 1999), Dominican footballer Reon Kadena (born 1986), Japanese glamor model and actress Reon King (born 1975), Guyanese...
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    density of 1,216.03 persons per km2. The total area is 139.25 km2. Chatan Kadena Nishihara Kitanakagusuku Nakagusuku Yomitan On April 1, 2005 Katsuren and...
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    squadron of the United States Air Force, part of the 18th Operations Group at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 67th is equipped with the F-15C/D Eagle. The 67th Fighter...
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    jet from Kadena Air Base crashed into an elementary school in Uruma, killing 17 and injuring 210. The residential area surrounding the Kadena Air Base...
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    Kinser ES Lester MS Bechtel ES Amelia Earhart IS Bob Hope PS Kadena ES Kadena HS Kadena MS Ryukyu MS Stearley Heights ES McCool ES/MS Guam HS Osan American...
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    of this plan, Eighth Air Force headquarters was reassigned to Sakugawa (Kadena Airfield), Okinawa, on 16 July 1945, being assigned to the United States...
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