'Cable Dawgs' provide Kadena airfield with fiber optics

Varying from a 35-foot flat-bed trailer to one of their cable reel trucks, multiple vehicles began to line up at one of Kadena Air Base's entry control points where more than 15 'Cable Dawgs' gather and prepare for a hard day of cable laying. Members of the 18th Communications Squadron radio in to

Kadena students celebrate Earth Day with art

Kadena Airmen participate in CBRNE training

JASDF demonstrates air defense capabilities

Logistics ensures distribution at the 18th LRS flight service center

Kadena Airmen prepare for wartime contingencies

Kadena honors Bataan POWs

Upcoming Japanese holidays, festivals

OKINAWAN FESTIVALS  April 19 - May 6 Lily Festival on Ie-island April 27 Carp Streamer Festival in Hija River, Kadena Town

Stay cool while conserving energy

With the temperature rising and air conditioning now blowing , it's time to start thinking about energy conservation on Kadena. Energy conservation is important here, especially considering that turning on the base's central air conditioning increases energy costs by $4000-$6000 per day. "Housing is

Children attend Autism Awareness Fair

5k Glow Run for SAPR awareness

Kadena updates TCCOR warnings

Kadena has recently made changes to the Tropical Cyclone Conditions of Readiness.Though typhoons are most frequent from June to November with as many as 26 typhoons forming in a season, usually only a few pass close enough to Okinawa to be of any concern to people stationed here.However, as the

Langley AFB F-22s partner with Kadena F-15s, JASDF

F-22 Raptors from the 94th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron stationed at Langley Air Force Base, Va., partnered with 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagles and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force out of Naha Air Base April 4.For the first time since the F-22s arrived on Kadena in January, the three units

Kadena honors more than 30 volunteers for extensive service

Kadena recognized more than 30 volunteers for their extensive service during a ceremony at the Rocker NCO Club here April 11.The service members, civilian government employees, and family members being honored in the event contributed a collective 563,771 hours to the Kadena community in an array of

18th MUNS helps locals celebrate Shimi

The 18th Munitions Squadron opened their gates to offer more than 400 Okinawan locals the opportunity to visit family tombs for the Okinawan Shimi celebration here April 6.Shimi is an annual celebration during which extended family members gather to clean up the exterior of their family's tomb and