News Search

News

  • 18th FSS takes care of Kadena

    Raising morale and supporting Kadena's warrior Airmen and their families are top priorities for the 18th Force Support Squadron here, and they take it very seriously.The 18th FSS runs many of the facilities where a majority of Kadena's members spend their time and has reinvested more than $9 million

  • Defenders on Okinawa host National Police Week

    Defenders are protectors. They are the men and women that guard the gates so you can sleep. They are the mothers and fathers that patrol the streets so your children can play safely outside. They are the service members who keep the world's greatest military in check. If the U.S. military is the

  • ALS Class 15-D graduates

    Airman Leadership School Class 15-D graduated May 13 at the Rocker NCO Club.Congratulations to the following graduates of ALS Class 15-D:John L. Levitow AwardSenior Airman Travis Sumpter, 18th Security Forces SquadronDistinguished GraduatesSenior Airman Denise Cox, 718th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Kadena weathers its first typhoon of 2015

    Typhoon Noul, the first typhoon of the year for Okinawa, hit the island May 12.The typhoon, which hit even before typhoon season begins June 1, only brought Kadena into Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Caution, though it was predicted to be much larger and much stronger when it was first

  • Kadena Shoguns dig deep for dragon boat races

    Yellow, green and black boats bob up and down with the swell of the sea. Hands clench and bodies stiffen as rowers ready themselves for the sound of a gun.Bang!Three ornately carved dragons soar through the water, as oars stroke in unison to the rhythmic sound of a metal gong.Although the race only

  • Kadena firefighters facilitate joint training

    It's one thing to talk about what steps to take if a fire breaks out, and something else entirely to combat an out-of-control blaze. For U.S. Marines and sailors operating onboard a ship deployed to the middle of the ocean with no nearby aid, that distinction becomes even more important.To prepare

  • Typhoon Noul jump starts season

    Typhoon Noul has jump-started the typhoon season and is forecasted to cause destructive winds midday May 12 here.Typhoon season officially starts June 1 and the 18th Wing commander will direct all military installations on Okinawa to transition to Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness 4 until Nov.

  • Joint Task Force 505 coordinating military relief efforts in Nepal

    The U.S. military is playing a crucial role in the "whole-government" approach toward humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in support of the government and armed forces of Nepal following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake April 25.U.S. Pacific Command activated Task Force 505 on May 1 to

  • PAF marks milestone, integrates with U.S. Air Force AWACS crew

    For the first time in Philippine Air Force history, PAF air battle managers controlled aircraft while airborne by integrating with the U.S. Air Force's 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron as part of Exercise Balikatan 2015.Five PAF air battle managers have flown in the AWACS each day since the

  • AFA hosts Air Power Week

    The Keystone Chapter of the Air Force Association recently hosted Air Power Week in support of the Department of Defense's Month of the Military Child.The AFA is a professional military and aerospace education association that promotes public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it