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  • Innovative warfighters

    The Air Force Repair Enhancement Program isn’t widely known, even within the maintenance community. If an everyday back shop is incapable of fixing an item, that’s where AFREP comes in. Members of the AFREP shop are trained on micro–soldering, allowing them to work on parts that other shops in the

  • Wheels up

    18th EMS' wheel and tire shop works tirelessly to provide Kadena with aircraft tires.

  • 18 LRS FARP Team Refuels Anyplace, Anytime, Anywhere

    A 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II flies during a training sortie Aug. 9, 2016, over the Pacific Ocean. The 1st SOS conducted a nighttime exercise involving the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point team. FARP members routinely train with the 1st SOS

  • Pilot up!

    The 67th Fighter Squadron conducted instructor pilot training here Aug. 9.

  • FMA Airmen Evolve with Information

    Tech. Sgt. Michael Green and his team of Airmen bear the responsibility of managing and tracking the Air Force's largest vehicle fleet using an information system originally based on a punch card system.The On-Line Vehicle Integrated Management System, which was first used in 1971 and later went

  • Kadena Airfield Operations

    A 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle taxis on the flight line July 27, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Pilots bear the responsibility of defending Okinawa and Japan from adversaries seeking to harm U.S. and allied partners within the Indo-Asian Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman

  • Innovative warfighters:

    The Air Force Repair Enhancement Program isn’t widely known, even within the maintenance community. If an everyday back shop is incapable of fixing an item, that’s where AFREP comes in. Members of the AFREP shop are trained on micro–soldering, allowing them to work on parts that other shops in the

  • USFJ Commander appointed as Director of Ops, U.S. Joint Staff

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan relinquished his command to Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles G. Chiarotti, Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan (USFJ) on Aug. 4 at the Yokota Air Base Officer's Club.Dolan was appointed as the director for operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Pentagon, Washington,

  • 18th MDG upgrades Pyxis MedStation

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The pharmacy at the 18th Medical Group upgraded their Pyxis Medication storage equipment last month allowing them to save time and better serve their patients.The Pyxis MedStation system provides a user-friendly platform to help clinicians dispense medications more

  • Returning home

    44th Fighter Squadron F-15s return from Cope Taufan.

  • Pacific warriors

    Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group participate in a humanitarian aid, disaster relief exercise.

  • Joint operations seize the day

    What began as another calm and quiet summer day on a small island in the Pacific instantly turned into a vortex of dust and a thunderous bedlam of Osprey engines. Marine Corps riflemen stormed the area, neutralized multiple hostiles, and captured a landing strip for incoming cargo planes hauling

  • Last to let you down

    Aircrew flight equipment Airmen from the 31st Rescue Squadron ensured their charges had a safe landing during their water landing training scenario off the coast of Okinawa.

  • Eyes on the sky

    The 18th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controllers provide quality air traffic services for Kadena.