18th SFS hosts Japanese civic leaders

Members of the 18th Security Forces Squadron salute as Japan Ground Self Defense Force Maj. Gen. Tomofusa Harada, Western Army deputy chief of staff, arrives on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 14, 2013. Harada and Japanese civic leaders arrived to tour the 18th SFS facility to learn more about its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

JASDF participates in Silver Flag readiness training

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carlo Mangoba, Detachment 1 554th RED HORSE Squadron NCO in charge of electrical and Silver Flag contingency instructor, instructs Japan Air Self Defense Force members on electrical line diagrams on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2013. Mangoba briefed the JASDF members about how the electrical diagrams work with the "training power plant," which is used to supply power during Silver Flag contingency exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

JASDF participates in Silver Flag readiness training

Japan Air Self Defense Force members work on how to repair and maintain a reverse osmosis water purification unit on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 8, 2013. The JASDF and Detachment 1 554th RED HORSE Squadron joint training included learning how to repair and maintain a unit to ensure clean water is available during contingency operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Keith A. James)

Kadena Language Institute graduate awarded 18th Wing best intern

Minayo Tsuhako, a Kadena Language Institute student, is awarded the 18th Wing Best Intern Award by Col. Jeffrey Ullmann, 18th Mission Support Group commander, during the KLI graduation ceremony in Kadena Town, Okinawa, Japan, March 7, 2013. Tsuhako and eight second-year students interned at various locations around Kadena Air Base in 2012 to improve their English conversation skills. KLI is a two-year vocational school where students ages 19-24 learn many different languages including English, and study Okinawan culture. (Photo courtesy of KLI)

Okinawan native earns AF level award

Hiroyusu Kuda, Detachment 3 Pacific Air Forces Air Postal Squadron postal specialist, stamps a piece of mail on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2013. PACAF's Detachment 3, APS, serves as the Department of Defense's sole agency for air transport of military mail to and from Okinawa, and manages mail-related customs and inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Justin Veazie)

Kadena Town visits Kadena

Hani Rophael, 718th Civil Engineer Squadron chief of Government of Japan related programs, briefed Hiroshi Toyama, Kadena Town mayor, and members of his staff on plans to relocate Navy aircraft from the flightline area near Kadena Town to the inner side of the flightline in order to reduce the noise impact to the local community on Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 7, 2013. Approximately 40 newly-elected Kadena Town assembly members visited Kadena for a base tour and a wing mission briefing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Christopher Anderson)