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...
14 November 2014 Hawaii Air National Guard and the Active Duty Wing Exercise Together under New Inspection Program A total force integration team comprised of the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th and the active duty's 15th Maintenance and Operations Groups completed an inspection exercise under the recently implemented Commander's Inspection Program here Nov. 6-8. The CCIP is part of the Air Force's revamped...
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...
13 November 2014 2nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations - U.S. Summit Today, President Obama met with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders and foreign ministers and the ASEAN Secretariat's Secretary-General at the 2nd ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. President Obama reaffirmed the importance of U.S.-ASEAN ties as a crucial element of the...
13 November 2014 U.S., Japan Conducts Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Training For the first time, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 102nd Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit, Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire Station collaborated to conduct interoperability training while executing Chemical Biological Radiological...
13 November 2014 APEC Efforts to Support Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Resilience In recent years, the Asia-Pacific region has endured a series of devastating natural disasters–including the China Yunnan Earthquake, Typhoon Haiyan, the 2011 Southeast Asia floods, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the 2010 Chile Earthquake, to name a few. APEC’s 21 member economies account for...
13 November 2014 Komatsu Supports 35 FW during Aviation Training Relocation More than 120 Airmen from Misawa Air Base, Japan, and pilots from the 35th Fighter Wing's 14th Fighter Squadron arrived here Nov. 7-9 to conduct training with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force as part of the Aviation Training Relocation Program.Implemented in 2006, the ATR program allows U.S. and...
12 November 2014 USSTRATCOM Commander Travels to Strengthen Asia-Pacific Partnerships Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander, traveled throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Nov. 4-8, 2014.The trip provided opportunities to discuss bilateral cooperation with Australian defense counterparts, observe global strike and space operations, and meet with service members in Guam...
12 November 2014 Exercise Keen Sword Aims to Improve U.S., Japan Combat Readiness, Interoperability The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCSG) will be operating alongside their Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) counterparts during a bilateral field training exercise, Keen Sword 15, Nov. 11.Keen Sword is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986...
12 November 2014 US, China Agree on Military Protocols China and the U.S. struck new climate, military, trade and visa agreements during two days of talks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, as presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping made significant strides in improving an often-tense relationship.Xi and Obama reached two agreements...