12 July 2017 Kadena Shoguns Change Command KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Brig. Gen. Barry R. Cornish relinquished command of the 18th Wing to Brig. Gen. Case Cunningham during a change of command ceremony July 10 at Kadena Air Base, Japan.Lt. Gen. Jerry Martinez, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, presided over the event held inside...
06 March 2017 Kadena 909th Air Refueling Squadron Refuels USS Carl Vinson Super Hornets and Growlers OKINAWA, Japan -- The 909th KC-135s provided daily air refueling support to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) F/A-18 Super Hornets and Growlers embarked aboard CVN-70 during the carrier’s regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command...
03 June 2014 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Sharpens Evacuation Skills It's a less than ideal situation: Nurses and medical technicians secure themselves and their critical-condition patient as they feel the unwelcoming, earthquake-like shake of turbulence as their KC-135 Stratotanker avoids an unexpected storm. Intensive care is tricky enough in a stable room, but if...
23 June 2014 Japan Self Defense Force visit with 909th Air Refueling Squadron A group of more than 80 Japan Self Defense Force students and instructors participated in an orientation tour of Kadena's 909th Air Refueling Squadron to learn about the 909th's mission and capabilities June 19. The orientation consisted of a mission briefing, static display of a KC-135...
24 June 2014 Kadena Fliers Temporarily Relocate to Guam for Training Service members, aircraft and equipment from the 44th Fighter Squadron, 909th Air Refueling Squadron and 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron temporarily repositioned to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, June 18 as part of an aviation training relocation mission. The ATR is designed to promote...
11 September 2014 18th Munitions Squadron Keeps PACAF Armed, Ready At the base newcomer's brief, residents are shown how four separate Air Force bases from the Pacific can fit inside Kadena thanks to its expansive, 5,900-acre munitions storage area.Although most are aware that the largest conventional munitions storage area in the Air Force is attached to Kadena,...
16 December 2013 Komatsu Aviation Training Relocation Wraps Up The 67th Fighter Squadron from Kadena Air Base, Japan, concluded a week-long Aviation Training Relocation Program with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Komatsu Air Base in western Japan, Dec. 14.Approximately 90 Airmen and six F-15 Eagles were deployed from Kadena to Komatsu for the ATR where...
28 December 2012 Okinawa Orphanage Receives Holiday Cheer Christmas is a time for giving and Kadena's 18th Medical Group gave the gift of joy to children of the Ai Rin Orphanage this Christmas."After returning from a deployment where I was exposed to helping the less fortunate, I really wanted to continue that here," said Senior Airman Erica Durham, 18th...
09 April 2014 Kadena Joins Military Installations in Signing Emergency Evacuation Plans KADENA AIR BASE, Japan - Officials from the United States Air Force and Chatan City signed an agreement April 3 which allows local Okinawans access to Kadena Air Base in the event of a tsunami or other natural disasters.Effective immediately, and lasting four years after the signing, the agreement...
17 April 2014 Langley AFB F-22s Partner with Kadena F-15s, JASDF F-22 Raptors from the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va., partnered with 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force out of Naha Air Base April 4.For the first time since the F-22s arrived on Kadena in January, the three units...