01 July 2020 Kadena E-5 Becomes First PACAF Enlisted Air Surveillance Officer KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Recently, the Air Force made the decision to send highly qualified enlisted members to the air surveillance officer training course.Historically, the ASO has been a rated aircrew commissioned officer only, typically a Captain or Major.“I am the one and only noncommissioned...
10 July 2020 Team Kadena’s Intel, Recon Squadrons Outsmart COVID-19 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The COVID-19 pandemic has birthed many obstacles, but the ingenuity and fighting spirits of Team Kadena’s 82nd Reconnaissance and 390th Intelligence Squadrons have persevered against the virus with new policies and an unfaltering operations tempo. The powerhouse duo hustled...
12 June 2020 Air Force, Army Work together to Save a Life KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Despite the challenges COVID-19 has caused across the globe, U.S. military members from the Republic of Korea and Japan came together to ensure a valued team member received the life-saving surgery he required.Service members from the Air Force and Army worked together...
28 March 2022 Kadena Conducts First KC-135 Hot Pit Refueling in the Pacific KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing have found another way to increase agile combat employment (ACE) capabilities in the Pacific by conducting hot-pit refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker on March 22, 2022.This event marks the first time the procedure was conducted in the...
23 March 2022 18th Civil Engineer Group Cements Friendships Building Schoolhouse at Balikatan 22 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force engineers from the 18th Civil Engineer Group (CEG) lay foundations and foster friendships with their counterparts from the 355th Aviation Engineering Wing of the Philippine Air Force, as they work together to build a multi-purpose classroom for Masi...
23 March 2022 Women in Aviation Empower, Next Generation KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Equipped with a total of 4,000 flying hours under their belts, an all-female crew from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron and the 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flew to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, March 21, 2022, in hopes of inspiring a troop of 35 Girl...
11 March 2022 Kadena AB Concludes Two-week Readiness Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen assigned to the 18th Wing recently concluded a routine training exercise designed to hone skills needed to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific in any combat environment.The two-week exercise extensively tested the wing’s ability to respond to a variety of...
03 February 2022 733rd Air Mobility Squadron Airman Saves Local Man from Truck Fire KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- As he walked alongside his wife down familiar Yomitan streets to buy groceries, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Garrett Bodie, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron support NCO in charge, noticed something was wrong.Bodie had noticed sparks beginning to catch fire in the undercarriage of a...
19 January 2022 USFJ commander inspects newly arrived Kadena Block 40/45 equipped E-3 Sentries KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan commander, got a firsthand experience aboard a newly arrived E-3G Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, armed with an enhanced user interface, at Kadena Air Base, Jan. 13, 2022...
25 January 2022 Bilateral Exercise Southern Beach Reinforces USAF, JASDF Alliance in the New Year KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --The 18th Wing (WG) teamed up with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to kick off the new year with another Southern Beach exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2022.“Southern Beach is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Air Force and the JASDF,” said U.S. Air...