Kadena Air Base, located on the island of Okinawa, is the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan, with a distance of 370 miles. China has long threatened to use force against the self-ruled island of Taiwan, ...

which are assigned to the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, arrived at the base on Thursday. The squadron, nicknamed "Black Widows," was originally stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.

Capt. Melanie "MACH" Kluesner | 421st Fighter Squadron, USAF. In this exclusive video, we introduce Capt. Melanie "MACH" Kluesner, the pilot and commander of the U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II ...

The multirole stealth fighters with the 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, fill the latest series of fighter deployments to the Pacific, the wing announced in a ...

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 421st Fighter Generation Squadron flies during an F-35 demonstration team practice at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, July 12, 2023. (Staff Sgt. Kaitlyn Ergish/Air ...

commander of the USAF’s 421st Fighter Squadron. “We’re hundreds of miles out over the ocean, and you can’t simulate that feeling,” he adds. The 421st is normally based at Hill AFB in ...

The 421st Aircraft Maintenance Unit is the first ... One group of airmen at the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah are capable of all of it. The Lightning Technician Program trains ...