18th Wing

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United States Air Force wing military unit

The 18th Wing is a United States Air Force unit based in Japan that operates as one of the service’s largest combat wings, providing air superiority, aerial refueling, and support operations in the Pacific region.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Headquarters 18th Wing (liaison elements)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force wing ⓘ military unit ⓘ
aircraftOperated	E-3 Sentry NERFINISHED ⓘ F-15C Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ F-15D Eagle NERFINISHED ⓘ HH-60 Pave Hawk NERFINISHED ⓘ KC-135 Stratotanker NERFINISHED ⓘ
alliesSupported	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ other Indo-Pacific partners ⓘ
basedIn	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Okinawa Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	under command of Fifth Air Force ⓘ
component	18th Maintenance Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 18th Medical Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 18th Mission Support Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 18th Operations Group NERFINISHED ⓘ 31st Rescue Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 33rd Rescue Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 44th Fighter Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 67th Fighter Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 909th Air Refueling Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
garrison	Kadena Air Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	provide aerial refueling in the Pacific region ⓘ provide air superiority in the Pacific region ⓘ support United States and allied operations in the Indo-Pacific ⓘ
notableCapability	24-hour air defense alert in the Western Pacific ⓘ airborne command and control via E-3 Sentry aircraft ⓘ long-range aerial refueling in support of U.S. and allied aircraft ⓘ
partOf	Fifth Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
peacetimeRole	deter aggression in the Western Pacific ⓘ
primaryBaseFunction	host wing for Kadena Air Base ⓘ
role	aerial refueling ⓘ air superiority ⓘ airlift ⓘ combat support ⓘ combat wing ⓘ command and control ⓘ
serviceBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
size	one of the largest combat wings in the United States Air Force ⓘ
supportFunction	provide base operating support for tenant units at Kadena Air Base ⓘ
theater	Indo-Pacific region NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific region ⓘ
wartimeRole	conduct offensive and defensive air operations ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kadena Air Base → garrison → 18th Wing ⓘ

Kadena Air Base → primaryUnit → 18th Wing ⓘ

Air Force units at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam → hosts → 18th Wing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Headquarters 18th Wing (liaison elements)