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  • Kadena celebrates chief selects

    18th Wing leadership congratulated Chief Master Sergeant selects throughout Kadena for promoting to the highest enlisted rank. Leaders must empower Airmen by providing clear intent, trust, delegation and resourcing to deliver new solutions to tough problems.

  • 18 SFS Airmen battle for glory during Best Defender Challenge

    18th Security Forces competed during the Best Defender Challenge on December 8, 2023. The BDC timed event consisted of a nine-mile ruck around the perimeter of the base equipped with a 30-pound pack. The tasks in the challenge were designed to push Airmen out of their comfort zones, tackling problem

  • Bilateral Tactics Exchange kicks off at Kadena

    Japan Aerial Self-Defense Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps Service members meet together at Kadena Air Base for the Okinawa Bilateral Tactics Exchange conference for a better understanding of the capabilities held by each others armed forces, as well as improving relations between the

  • The Philippines come to Kadena

    Members from the Philippine Air Force visited Kadena to learn about the base’s mission, aircraft and training facilities on December 5, 2023. The visit included tours around an F-15C Eagle, F-35A Lightning IIs, KC-135 Stratotanker, a HH-60G Pave Hawk, and the Kadena Innovation Lab (a place of

  • 1st Battalion ready for anything

    U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, conduct a static defense training event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 16, 2023, as part of their mission essential task listings, simulating a real-world scenario to defend their maintenance facilities while

  • Kadena weapon loaders face off

    The 18th Wing recently hosted the Weapons Load Crew of the 3rd Quarter Competition. The competition consisted of three crews, including rotational forces, competing head-to-head to load the F-15C and an F-35A.

  • Fightin' Fujins soar to Kadena

    F-35A Lightning II’s from the 4th Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, arrived at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 20, 2023, joining the 356th Fighter Squadron from Eielson AFB, Alaska, in providing forward-deployed fifth-generation fighter capabilities to assure allies and deter threats to

  • Kadena AMS host JASDF exchange

    U.S. Air Force 733rd Air Mobility Squadron and Japan Air Self-Defense Force members meet at Kadena Air Base. The two organizations came together to exchange practices and ideas between the two different groups.

  • Patriots on parade at Kadena Veterans Day Parade

    U.S. military members, veterans and their families participate in the 9th Annual Veterans Day Parade at Kadena Air Base. Veterans Day originated as Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 and marked the first anniversary of the end of World War I.

  • 18th MXG fuels training leaves no man behind

    353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems craftsman conduct a fuel systems confined space extraction. Confined space exercises are required because maintainers working on the fuel cell interiors may become stuck or pass out and need extraction.

  • Team Kadena participates in Rescue Flag Okinawa 2023

    Japan Air Self-Defense Force and U.S. Air Force service members participate in a water rescue training during Rescue Flag Okinawa 2023 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 24, 2023. U.S. military forces flew the MC-130J Commando II, HH-60G Pavehawk alongside Japanese forces flying the U-125A, UH-60J and