The Kadena elephant walk is among the largest ever by the US Air Force, outnumbering an elephant walk in 2020 at Hill Air Force Base in Utah that only featured F-35A Lightning II aircraft.

The Largest “Elephant Walk” in History Hosts Diverse Array of Fighter Aircraft This week’s formation at Kadena included twenty-four U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, eight F-15E Strike ...

Air Force and U.S. Navy aircraft line up at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6, 2025 for a 53-plane "elephant walk," along with two Army missile batteries. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tylir Meyer.

The U.S. Air Force deployed a swarm of supersonic stealth strike fighters and anti-aircraft missile systems for a large-scale “elephant walk” in Japan, in an apparent display of combat power ...

According to military news website Task and Purpose, this week’s elephant walk appears to be one of the largest in recent memory. It topped the 52-aircraft formation at Hill Air Force Base in Utah in ...

It topped the 52-aircraft formation at Hill Air Force Base in Utah in 2020. The Japanese base held a similar, 33-aircraft elephant walk about a year ago.

The U.S. Air Force deployed a swarm of supersonic stealth strike fighters and anti-aircraft missile systems for a large-scale “elephant walk” in Japan, in an apparent display of combat power and ...