NAHA, Okinawa Pref – The chief of U.S. forces at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa says the base is “very important” for peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region for the next 25 to 50 years.
“Kadena is a very strategic key location to do that,” Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Remington said in a recent interview with Kyodo News. He added that a U.S. Air Force presence in East Asia “is in everybody’s interest,” particularly Japan’s.
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