Final USAF F-15C/D Eagle flight at Kadena

The 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, now expects to receive the first of 36 F-15EX fighters sometime between March and June 2026. It carried out its final F-15C flight on January 24, 2025. Retirement of the wing’s F-15C/D fighters began in December 2022 and the final flight was also the last for an operational active-duty USAF Eagle. The USAF’s last operational F-15C Eagle taxies in preparation for its final flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on January