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  • Kadena preps for KSO '14

    The Kadena Special Olympics is 65 days away and volunteers have begun preparations for the 15th annual games.Scheduled for Nov. 8 this year, the annual event is part of the world's leading program of sports training and athletic competition for people with intellectual disabilities. The local event

  • Intramural softball a key to morale

    Kadena Air Base is the keystone of the Pacific and being the largest combat wing in the Pacific is an important Air Force base, but it moves a lot of airmen far away from their families. For some, intramural softball is like a home away from home.Intramural soft ball runs from August to November and

  • Sudan 'Lost Boy' serves as Kadena NCO

    "At the age of 10, I have seen death; I have buried other kids - at the age of 10," he said, a sadness moving into his eyes. "But at the same time, I've rebounded. If I have to stay in that hole and think of those horrible situations I've been in, then I would not be here today." Labeled a "Lost

  • Risner holds F3 grand opening

    The Risner Fitness Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its new 24-hour Functional Fitness facility, or F3.The open air facility houses pull-up bars, climbing ropes and still rings while an attached equipment storage area houses medicine balls and other functional

  • WIT vital to MFE

    With the start of the mission focused exercise, participating Airmen of the 18th Wing strive to demonstrate their abilities to survive and operate over the next few days of the wing inspection on Aug 18-22.Evaluating and inspecting the Airmen on how well they perform during the MFE are the members

  • MFE tests 18th MDG airmen's preparedness

    Panicked cries fill the air as the sun rises over Kadena's flightline, illuminating the grisly aftermath of a severe car accident.Ten airmen are sprawled on the grassy knoll by the entrance to the munitions area. Some are wincing as they clutch their bloodied limbs, most are trying their best to lie

  • 18th Wing 2014 Turkey Shoot

    This year's Turkey Shoot competition was held from May 30 to Aug. 14. Thirteen units competed including: the 18th Operations Support Squadron Intel flights, the 390th Intelligence Squadron, the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons, the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, the 623rd Air Control Flight,

  • Team Kadena exercises real world scenarios

    Team Kadena's F-15C Eagle fighter jets and pilots participated in a mission focused exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18-21.With Kadena Air Base as the Keystone of the Pacific and home to the Air Force's largest combat wing, the F-15s play a big role in providing unmatched combat power and a

  • Kadena Airmen tackle exercise head-on

    Beginning Aug. 18, Kadena Airmen have been tackling additional operations in support of the ongoing mission focused exercise ranging from simulated deployment preparation and aircraft generation to chemical warfare survival and threat response. However, units like the 18th Operations Support