It’s not just wargames, Idaho’s Bold Tigers invade Japan?

30 June 2023 (20:30-UTC-07 Tango 06) 09 Tir 1402/11 Dhu l-Hijja 1444/13 Wu-Wu(5th month) 4721/30 Июнь 2023 года

U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-15E Strike Eagles from the ‘Bold Tigers’ 391st Fighter Squadron(FS)/366th Fighter Wing(FW), based on Mountain Home Air Force Base (AFB), Idaho, arrived on U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, 29JUN2023. They will be taking part in wargame Northern Edge 2023-2 (NE23-2), which will take place during most of the month of July. USMC video by Corporal Evan Jones:

This isn’t the first time this year that the Bold Tigers were in Japan. Video by Airman First Class Jonathan R. Sifuentes, 391st FS Strike Eagles take off from Okinawa, for wargame Southern Beach, 16MAY2023:

It is not just the wargames, Idaho’s Strike Eagles have been called to duty in Japan as many of the F-15C/D Eagles (based on Kadena Air Base) are being sent back to the United States. Idaho’s Strike Eagles join F-15Es from Seymour Johnson AFB in North Carolina, in maintaining an F-15 presence in the Indo-Pacific.

Over Kadena AB, Japan, 15MAY2023, photo by Staff Sergeant Jessi Roth.

The F-15C/Ds on Kadena are being retired to Air National Guard units in the U.S. Their first stop is Kingsley Field Air National Guard Base in Oregon. The Oregon Air National Guard is itself retiring their F-15Cs (F-15 50TH ANNIVERSARY: LAST HURRAH FOR OREGON’S 173RD FW?).

Airmen load their gear onboard a C-5 Galaxy, for the trip from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, to Kadena AB, Japan, 24APR2023.
USAF photo by Airman First Class Krista Reed Choate.

March 2023: NEW F-15EX/QA EAGLE FORCES QATAR TO INVADE IDAHO?