01 October 2019 Kadena Hosts Tour for Okinawa Students KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Air Force Immersion Day is a new community engagement program developed to teach local college and vocational students about Kadena’s mission and its role in supporting the U.S. and Japanese alliance. Eighteen students visited the base for a tour Sept. 23.The students...
09 January 2017 18th Civil Engineer Squadron in Kadena Air Base Firefighters Discuss Their Lives KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Firefighters bustle out of their daily training session, going back to their offices, accomplishing personal training and remaining ready at a moment’s notice.The daily life of a firefighter with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron involves constant vigilance and plenty of...
15 November 2016 U.S. and JASDF Rescue Squadrons Participate in Bilateral Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. and Japan Air Self-Defense Force Rescue Squadrons participated in Exercise Keen Sword 17, which started Oct. 30. Keen Sword is the largest joint, bilateral field training exercise between the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Force and involves U.S. forces and...
15 November 2016 Kadena Partners with Local Community Engineers in Society of American Military Engineers Symposium KADENA, OKINAWA, Japan -- The Society of American Military Engineers, Japan Post held a symposium at the Aeon Mall Nov. 7-8. The purpose of the symposium was to bring military and local engineers together to discuss the future of engineering on Okinawa and build lasting relationships. The event...
13 September 2016 Valiant Warriors: 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Sends F-15s in Support of Valiant Shield KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- As the haze of the morning rain lifted, figures of pilots could be seen walking to their respective jets as maintainers stood ready to set them in the sky. The 67th Fighter Squadron sent F-15s to Guam in support of Exercise Valiant Shield Sept. 9. Exercise Valiant Shield...
16 September 2016 Pacific Air Force Civil Engineers Improve Airfield Repair Skills KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Civil engineer squadrons from Kadena, Yokota and Misawa Air Bases teamed up here with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center to conduct training for the new Rapid Airfield Damage Repair technique Sept. 12-15.Operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations have...
10 January 2017 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Guarantees Structural Integrity of Kadena's Aircraft KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Upon walking into the building, the sounds of metalwork reverberate off the walls – the scraping of metal, the drilling of rivets and the movement of large pieces of metal.The 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron ensures Kadena’s aircraft are structurally sound for future...
17 January 2017 Survival, Escape, Resist and Evade, Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element, Aircrew Members Participate in Training Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The jungle floor is slick and damp, making traversing the terrain markedly difficult, especially when you are not only attempting to evade opposition, but also recover personnel.Survival, escape, resist and evade (SERE) specialists and deployed aircraft ground response...
03 August 2016 Kadena F-15s Return from Cope Taufan KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- After a few weeks of training, it was time for the 44th Fighter Squadron to come home. Multiple F-15 Eagles from the 44th returned to their nest from Malaysia Aug. 2, after participating in Exercise Cope Taufan.Cope Taufan is biennial exercise between the U.S. Air Force...
03 August 2016 DAGRE Airmen Complete Humanitarian Aid/Disaster Relief Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa -- Sweat glistens on his face, his eyes peer back and forth, weapon at the ready and watching for any movement. As the old saying goes, practice like you play, because for deployed aircraft ground response element (DAGRE) Airmen, there’s no room for anything but...