A second squadron of F-35A Lightning IIs landed Thursday at Kadena Air Base, joining other F-35s and F-15E Strike Eagles on rotational duty with the 18th Wing on Okinawa.

Canoli announced that the U.S. Air Force would soon achieve full readiness for its F-35 stealth fighter jet fleet on the Continent. “USEUCOM established one F-35 squadron at Royal Air Force (RAF ...

as Luke Air Force Base (AFB) was home to one of the service’s training squadrons for the multirole fighter. That aircraft was transferred to the 16th Weapons Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada.