Overview
- The Air Force said Nov. 18 that the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron completed a six-month Kadena rotation that included a roughly three-month detachment to Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia.
- Responding to an immediate INDOPACOM request, 160 Airmen from Kadena, Yokota and Andersen formed Detachment 336 on May 13 with six of the unit’s 12 F-15E Strike Eagles.
- Det 336 stood continuous alert, flew daily sorties and installed a Mobile Aircraft Arresting System while maintaining high mission-capable rates despite long supply lines.
- Airmen built out expeditionary infrastructure and worked with U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet, Marine Forces Pacific and the 609th and 613th Air Operations Centers on integrated air defense drills.
- An F-15E landed safely at Kadena on Aug. 4 after a main gear wheel was discovered missing and later recovered at Diego Garcia, and leaders said the deployment produced new theater TTPs for future ACE operations.