03 October 2018 Scanning the Sky, So We Can Fly KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- From clear calm skies and beach weather to violent typhoons, the 18th Operations Support Squadron weather flight provides accurate weather forecasts to the units on Kadena.Accurate weather forecasting helps the DoD personnel on the base conduct smooth operations, along with...
05 July 2018 525th AMU Keeps F-22s Flying during Theater Security Package; Hard to Raptor Head Around KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- As the morning sun rises over the base, the pilot walks to his aircraft. Both man and machine will work as one unit in the sky today. The pilot looks at the crew chief, who is waiting at the aircraft, and gives a thumbs up. As the pilot buckles into the cockpit and the...
27 September 2019 Kadena F-15s Celebrate 40 Years of Air Superiority KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Streaking across the sky at a neck-breaking 900 mph, United States Air Force F-15C Eagles have been training in the skies above and around Okinawa for 40 years.Both U.S. and Japanese F-15s are in the air daily keeping security interests safe from competition.The F-15C Eagle...
15 November 2019 Light, lean and agile: Pacific Air Forces Commander Visits Kadena Shoguns KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, visited the mighty Kadena Shoguns for a detailed tour of 18th Wing units and agencies and to provide further understanding on where the Keystone of the Pacific fits in the overall PACAF strategic mission.Brig. Gen. Joel...
26 August 2019 Airman Assists in Saving Drowned Child KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- For his acts of heroism, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Halle, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of operations, was recognized by Masaharu Noguni, city of Chatan mayor, during a ceremony Aug. 19, 2019, at the Chatan Town Office.Halle was recognized for his use...
09 October 2019 Rescue Airmen: Low Density, High Demand KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 33rd Rescue Squadron (RQS) at Kadena Air Base, Japan, train, plan and execute every day to ensure they have what it takes to help when someone’s life is on the line.With a motto as succinct as, ‘That others may live’, it’s clear the priority of the 33rd RQS is saving as...
25 September 2019 Kadena Language Institute Celebrates Successful Internship Program KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- After four weeks of internships across base, Kadena Language Institute (KLI) students, their family members, local community leaders and members of the 18th Wing enjoyed a farewell dinner together Sept. 6, 2019.The 2019 KLI internship program was a wonderful opportunity for...
18 September 2019 Welcome to the Jungle KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Throughout the Pacific Theater, U.S. military units must overcome jungle terrain riddled with cliffs, poisonous creatures, dense foliage yielding mere yards of visibility, and muddy slopes that threaten to launch anyone down 30-foot ravines of twisted roots and jagged...
27 November 2019 Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element Ensures Force Protection during Gryphon Pacific 20-1 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Editor's note: Due to operations security, Airmen are not fully identified in this story.The dark airfield erupts with activity as an MC-130J Commando II rapidly lands and comes to a halt just after midnight.Exercise Gryphon Pacific 20-1 is in full swing.With the MC-130J’s...
18 July 2019 Kadena Splits 18th Force Support Squadron, Activates 718th FSS KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Kadena Air Base activated a new squadron, the 718th Force Support Squadron, during the 18th Force Support Squadron change of command at Kadena Air Base, July 16, 2019.Col. Thang T. Doan, 18th Mission Support Group commander, presided over the ceremony. He said, “The revised...