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...
21 August 2014 Team Kadena Exercises Real-world Scenarios Team Kadena's F-15C Eagle fighter jets and pilots participated in a mission-focused exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18-21.With Kadena Air Base as the Keystone of the Pacific and home to the Air Force's largest combat wing, the F-15s play a big role in providing unmatched combat power and a...
09 July 2015 Okinawa preps for Typhoon Chan-Hom As of 2 p.m. local time here, The 18th Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Barry Cornish, has directed Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 1.At 9 a.m., Typhoon Chan-Hom, with winds gusting to 110 knots near its center, was located 250 nautical miles southeast of Kadena, moving northwest at 12...
29 July 2015 Kadena Airmen, Navy Seabees Combine for Joint Training KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron worked side-by-side with U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 during joint airfield damage repair (ADR) training June 23.The training gave the two forces the opportunity to gain familiarity with one...
21 August 2015 Team Kadena Kicks Off Aviation Training Relocation at Tsuiki Air Base TSUIKI AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 150 Airmen from the 18th Wing and the first group of F-15 Eagles from the 44th Fighter Squadron began Aviation Training Relocation today at Tsuiki Air Base, Japan.The Airmen came to Tsuiki to participate in a two week long ATR with members of the Japanese Air...
06 January 2015 Kadena Air Base Squadron Begins Upgrade to MC-130J Kadena's newest aircraft touched down here, Dec. 21, 2014, after a flight across the Pacific to its new home with the 353rd Special Operations Group.The MC-130J Commando II is replacing the retiring MC-130P Combat Shadow assigned to the 353rd SOG's 17th Special Operations Squadron."The Commando II...
18 June 2015 Air Force Special Operators, Marines Partner Up for Joint Training The United States Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron along with U.S. Marine Corps 3rd Recon Battalion conducted joint training from May 18-28 here and on Marine Corps Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.During the training, the 320th STS conducted pre-deployment operations alongside the 3rd Recon...
19 May 2015 Kadena Firefighters Facilitate Joint Training It's one thing to talk about what steps to take if a fire breaks out, and something else entirely to combat an out-of-control blaze. For U.S. Marines and sailors operating onboard a ship deployed to the middle of the ocean with no nearby aid, that distinction becomes even more important.To prepare...
14 November 2014 15th Annual Kadena Special Olympics Brings Community Together The 15th Annual Kadena Special Olympics, one of the largest community relations events in Okinawa, Japan, with nearly 950 athletes and artists combined, was held at the Risner Fitness Center here Nov. 8.The event kicked off with an opening ceremony where the athletes heard words of encouragement...
13 November 2014 U.S. Air Force, Japan Self-Defense Force Rescue Squadrons Participate in Keen Sword Personnel from the Japan Self-Defense Force are teaming up with Kadena Air Base's 33rd Rescue Squadron and Eielson's 212th Rescue Squadron in support of a Japan-wide, joint-bilateral exercise that will run until Nov. 19, 2014.Exercise Keen Sword is a bilateral field training exercise held...