NAHA AIR BASE, Japan -- Leadership from the 623rd Air Control Squadron, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the U.S. Marines met in Naha, Japan, Oct. 20, 2021, to discuss ways to operate more efficiently together for the defense of the Indo-Pacific region.The 623rd ACS, Marine Air Control Squadron...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Medical Support Squadron set up the Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel-Pacific, which acts as the epicenter to deliver medical supplies and equipment to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command theater outside of the Republic of Korea, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 15,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 67th and 44th Fighter Squadrons and their respective aircraft maintenance units put their sortie generation skills to the test during a four-day super surge at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 18-21, 2021.It took the combined teamwork of various units throughout the wing,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Wendell Snider, USFJ senior enlisted leader, visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, to observe the 18th Wing mission and engage with Airmen and members here, Sept. 17,...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. service members from the 18th Wing, as well as Airmen from Misawa and Yokota worked in conjunction with Marines during an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, the week of May 3, 2021.During the three-day event multiple units such as the...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The potent smell of jet exhaust filled the air as a line of F-15 Eagles crept to their spots after four months away from home.The 44th Fighter squadron returned sharpening their skills in Exercises Cope Taufan, Valiant Shield, Century Aloha, Distant Frontier and Red...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), U.S. Army and Air Force held a multiservice chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense training exercise, May 17-18.Members of U.S. Army 1-1 Air Defense Artillery hosted members of the JGSDF and 18th Wing,...

With the responsibility of the entire squadron on their shoulders, the combat readiness flight plays a crucial role in the Kadena and Air Force mission.The combat readiness flight of the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron is responsible for all of the logistics for the entire squadron's Airmen, which...

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Fourteen volunteers from Kadena's Top 3 and the 18th Communications Squadron brought a little Christmas cheer Dec. 10, when they visited the Midori School-Age Program in Okinawa City. Their visit gave the kids the...

LANAI, Hawaii -- Navy Reserve Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlotta Howard, a hospital corpsman assigned to the Marine Forces Reserve’s 24th Dental Company employed her expertise as a dental technician to assist Air Force dentists with procedures and the handling of dental equipment during Tropic Care...