18th OMS

The 18th Organizational Maintenance Squadron (18th OMS) was a unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Activated during the Cold War era, the 18th OMS provided essential aircraft maintenance and support, ensuring the operational readiness of fighter jets such as the F-4 Phantom II. The squadron played a critical role in sustaining the wing's mission of air defense and tactical operations in the Pacific region. In the early 1990s, as part of Air Force restructuring and consolidation of maintenance functions, the 18th OMS was inactivated, with its responsibilities absorbed by other maintenance units.