Japanese media: The commander of the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Japan admits that U.S. Air Force units deployed at the base participated in the attack on Iran

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Ask AI · What impact would the expiration of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty have on bilateral relations?【Global Times report】 On April 5, Japan’s Okinawa Times reported that John Garemore, commander of the U.S. military’s Kadena Base in Japan, admitted on a program on a U.S. military radio that the 18th Air Expeditionary Wing of the U.S. Air Force deployed at the base took part in attacks on Iran.Japanese media said that on April 3, Kadena Base commander Garemore admitted that the U.S. Air Force units deployed at the Kadena Base participated in attacks on Iran.According to the report, on April 3, Garemore, in response to questions about the attack on Iran on a radio program, said, “The 18th Air Expeditionary Wing has been dispatched to support combat operations of U.S. Central Command.” He did not disclose the specific location where the 18th Air Expeditionary Wing was dispatched, nor did he disclose the specific missions the unit carried out. But he added that “the unit is sufficiently prepared to carry out all kinds of missions.”According to earlier media reports, the U.S. military stationed in Okinawa, Japan

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2026-04-05 14:21:48

Ask AI · How does the lapse of the U.S.-Japan security treaty affect bilateral relations?

【Global Times report】According to a report by Japan’s The Okinawa Times on April 5, U.S. Marine Corps Commander John Garemore, the commander of the U.S. military’s Kadena Air Base in Japan, admitted on a program on the U.S. military radio that the 18th Air Wing of the U.S. Air Force deployed at the base participated in attacks on Iran.

Japanese media say that on April 3, Kadena Air Base Commander Garemore admitted that U.S. Air Force units deployed at the base participated in attacks on Iran

According to reports, on April 3, when responding to questions about the attack on Iran on a radio program, Garemore said, “the 18th Air Wing has been dispatched to support the operational activities of U.S. Central Command.” He did not disclose the specific location to which the 18th Air Wing was dispatched, nor the specific tasks that unit would carry out. But he added that “the forces have been adequately prepared to carry out all kinds of missions.”

According to media reports earlier, the 31st Marine Corps Expeditionary Unit stationed in Okinawa, Japan, and the amphibious assault ship “Tripoli” have already been sent to the Middle East. Japanese media said that, under the U.S.-Japan security treaty, when U.S. forces stationed in Japan change their military deployments in Japan, the U.S. and Japan must hold consultations in advance. It is believed that the U.S., without negotiations, dispatching its forces stationed in Japan to the Middle East shows that this system is effectively no longer in effect. In U.S. military bases in Japan, they have already become “attack outposts” that the United States can use freely.

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