18th Wing best in PACAF for CFC

The Combined Federal Campaign, a two-month fundraiser for Department of Defense personnel, allows service members and their families to donate to many charities supported within the campaign. Each year, bases across the world participate in the campaign, raising awareness and challenging service

Kadena takes back the night

Kadena joins military installations in signing emergency evacuation plans

Officials from the United States Air Force and Chatan Town signed an agreement April 3 which allows local Okinawans access to Kadena Air Base in the event of a tsunami or other natural disasters.Effective immediately, and lasting four years after the signing, the agreement ensures three crucial

Erwin PME wins Air Force A1 Award

The Erwin Professional Military Education Center was recently awarded the Air Force 2013 A1 Awards Program's Enlisted PME Team of the Year award.This is the first time the Erwin PME Center has won the Air Force-level award, which focuses on mission accomplishment and innovation in leadership,

Kadena hosts NEO exercise: Fit to Flight!

Volunteers gathered at the Rocker NCO club here April 4 for a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise to test the actions taken to move non-mission essential civilians off island if a situation arose. This exercise was part of the Pacific Air Force Operational Readiness Inspection to test

18 CS concentrates on CCRI

(Editor's note: This is the third feature article in a three-part series highlighting the Command Compliance Readiness Inspection within the 18th Communications Squadron and how it is essential to the mission of Kadena Air Base and security of our base networks. This article will focus on what 18 CS

Runners 'go the extra mile' for AFAF

18th SFS members, ready for quick response to traffic accidents

909th ARS building partnerships over Pacific

Airmen participate in Marine exercise

Airmen from Kadena's 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight traveled to Marine Corps Camp Hansen to participate in a field exercise with Marines from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion March 24 through 27. Five Marines from Camp Hansen are currently embedded with the 18th LRS on

Kadena proclaims April Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Children from local foster homes have valuable experience

As more than 100 Okinawan students and staff members stepped off the buses to spend the day at Kadena March 28, their smiles filled the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron as they were welcomed by loud cheers and applause from American students and U.S. service members. The students first arrived at the

SAPR golf tournament goes swingingly well despite rainfall

JRTC tests combat patient care, aeromedical evacuation

ALS class 14-C graduates

During an Airman Leadership School graduation March 27 at the Rocker NCO club, 50 Airmen and one Marine took the next step toward becoming future NCOs and better leaders. Congratulations to the following graduates of ALS Class 14-C:John L. Levitow AwardSenior Airman Joshua D. Whiting, 718th Aircraft