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  • Okinawa Prefectural Police crack down on traffic violations

    Okinawa Prefectural Police are issuing tickets to vehicle operators who have curtains, sunshades, towels, clothes, etc; covering or blocking front seat windows or front windshield of vehicles while the vehicle is running.Not complying with this guideline is a violation of Road Traffic Act Article

  • Final Airman's body recovered

    Just hours after beginning their third day of searching Oct. 8, a combined Japanese-U.S. Air Force rescue team recovered the body of the final Airman who had been swept out to sea on Oct. 5.The Airman was discovered in the water a few miles south from where the three Airmen were last spotted on the

  • Kadena opens nature play area

    The 18th Force Support Squadron officially opened a new Nature Play Area at Marek Park on Kadena Sept. 30, 2014. U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 18th Mission Support Group commander, provided comments about the park and then cut the ribbon joined by personnel from 18th FSS, 18th Contracting

  • Another Airman's body recovered, one remains missing

    A combined U.S. Air Force and Japanese search team recovered the body of one of the two Airmen still missing after being swept out to sea from the northwest coast of Okinawa on Oct. 5.  U.S. Air Force personnel discovered the Airman close to the shore, about 1.5 miles south of the presumed incident

  • Search continues for missing Airmen, names released

    Search operations continued early morning Oct. 7 for two Airmen still missing after being swept out to sea Sunday by high waves.The body of Senior Master Sgt. James Swartz, an aerospace propulsion superintendent with the 116th Air Control Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, at Robins Air Force Base,

  • One Airman dead, two remain missing at sea

    One Airman is confirmed deceased and two more are missing after they were washed out to sea from the northwest coast of Okinawa at about 3:45 p.m. Oct. 5.An Airman that was found by the Japanese Coast Guard and pulled from the sea was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.HH-60s from Kadena Air

  • Airmen remain missing at sea

    Three Airmen were washed out to sea from the northwest coast of Okinawa at about 3:45 p.m. Oct. 5.The Japanese Coast Guard, and two HH-60 helicopters from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, have responded and operations are ongoing.More information will be released as it becomes

  • Airmen call upon SABC training

    It's uncommon to find individuals who go above and beyond what's necessary to get the job done.There are few who help people they don't know, or take action to save a stranger's life. Two staff sergeants from the 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron, Darnell Strawder, an aerospace propulsion craftsman, and

  • Kadena breaks ground on new school

    Kadena broke ground on a new elementary school on Oct. 2, 2014.The school is being built as part of the Department of Defense Education Activities worldwide multi-year effort to modernize or replace schools that are no longer suitable for modern educational standards or that have exceeded their

  • 18th CES surges to upgrade base's power system

    There have been several power outages here on Kadena Air Base within the last few months and the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron is working diligently to improve the system to fix the problem.The primary electrical distribution system is important to the mission here and for decades the system has