June 9, 2016 Services combat Hypoxia Imagine what it’s like to be a parachutist. Leaping into the wild blue yonder from an aircraft above 10,000 feet with a specific mission. All the while, there is an ever present, silent, insidious danger lurking; hypoxia.
June 8, 2016 AFSA Chapter 1553 partners with Promise Keepers assisting locals in need Kadena's Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1553 assisted a local non-profit organization, Promise Keepers, with an outreach project here June 2. Promise Keepers is part of the Two Fish Project, which is dedicated to ensuring families in poverty are cared for and motivationally encouraged. They
June 7, 2016 18 LRS wins American Petroleum Institute award The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron has won the prestigious American Petroleum Institute award.The API award has been a distinct honor among Air Force fuels management flights for 50 years.Recognizing individuals and groups as top performers has been a long standing developmental program in
May 29, 2016 Saluting the Colors: Kadena observes Memorial Day, honors the fallen Airmen, Soldiers, sailors and Marines gathered at Chapel 1 here May 30 for a Memorial Day ceremony to celebrate the lives of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country.It was a quiet event filled with respect and dignity, but Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, III
May 26, 2016 PAMACON preps Airmen to save lives More than 50 pairs of boots trampled through the mud May 20, as 18th Medical Group Airmen carried stretchers, tourniquets, bandages and other medical equipment through Kadena Air Bases' Area One for the Preventative Aerospace Medicine Convention, a first-of-its-kind field training exercise.The
May 25, 2016 Kadena Airmen selected for master sergeant Congratulations to more than 100 Team Kadena Airmen selected for promotion to the rank of master sergeant May 23.More than 3,800 technical sergeants across the Air Force were selected, representing 18.71 percent of the 20,528 eligible.The average score for those selected was 350.21. Selectees'
May 24, 2016 Closing the gap: Airmen, Marines and Sailors practice Air Field Damage Repair Civil engineer Airmen, combat engineer Marines and Navy Seabees trained together during a joint airfield damage and repair contingency exercise held at Kadena Air Base on May 18-19, 2016.The two day exercise allowed 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen to demonstrate and then guide the Marine Wing
May 23, 2016 Kadena Airman explodes upward, becoming PACAF's NCO of the year A Kadena explosive ordinance Airman has been named Pacific Air Forces' NCO of the year.Staff Sgt. Aaron Keeter, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of operations with the explosives ordinance disposal flight, was presented the award on May 11, 2016.From education and coaching youth football
May 22, 2016 Joint leaders meet, improve medical logistics More than 40 Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Department of Defense civilians gathered here to attend the first U.S. Pacific Command Medical Logistics Workshop held on Okinawa.The three-day workshop was hosted by the Theater Lead Agent Medical Materiel - Pacific and enabled leadership
May 18, 2016 CAPEX prepares ammo Airmen for future deployments The 18th Munitions Squadron here hosted a week-long Pacific Air Forces Combat Ammunition Production Exercise May 16-20.1st Lt. Lyneth Battle, 18th MUNS production flight commander and CAPEX project officer, said because Kadena is an air-to-air fighter aircraft base and does not typically build
May 17, 2016 Going the Distance: Airmen train from coast to coast Even a sullen, rainy Monday couldn't drown the excitement and anticipation a homecoming for members of the 18th Wing who were away as part of necessary and intense combat training.The 67th Fighter and Maintenance Squadrons concluded more than six weeks of training and returned home to the jubilation