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Four F-22 Stealth Fighter Jets Found in a "Hot Pit" – a Location Where Their Operation Is Not Permitted Under the U.S.-Japan Agreement.

[Kadena] At approximately 2:15 p.m. on the 14th, a "hot pit" was observed at the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base, where F-22 stealth fighter jets, which are temporarily deployed there, were refueling without shutting down their engines using the former naval airfield. Five aircraft entered the former airfield, and four of them refueled. The U.S.-Japan agreement does not permit operations that generate noise, such as engine operation, at the form…
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[Kadena] At approximately 2:15 p.m. on the 14th, a "hot pit" was observed at the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base, where F-22 stealth fighter jets, which are temporarily deployed there, were refueling without shutting down their engines using the former naval airfield. Five aircraft entered the former airfield, and four of them refueled. The U.S.-Japan agreement does not permit operations that generate noise, such as engine operation, at the form…

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沖縄タイムス+プラス broke the news on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
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