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  • 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

  • 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 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