33rd HMU maintain HH-60 readiness

Trick-or-treaters to hit streets Oct. 31

Children will be trick-or-treating through base housing from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31.In addition to base residents, Kadena Air Base will also host at least 200 local community members for the festivities. They will be bused onto the base and dropped off in three groups to go trick-or-treating in the

Many hands make light work

A crowd of 18th Wing Airmen cheered as two weapons load crews worked diligently to properly load munitions onto an F-15 Eagle during a load crew competition here, Oct. 18.Each quarter the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron holds a weapons loading competition picking two of the best crews to test

Kadena reaches out to community

Kadena member recognized for significant support of Energy Action Month

October is Energy Action Month, and this year's theme of "I am Air Force Energy" is being exemplified by members across Team Kadena.Jay Fountain, 18th Force Support Squadron services maintenance and construction team chief, supported the Air Force's energy-saving initiative by eliminating

Flight surgeons keep 18th Wing aircrew fit to fly, fight, win

During the Civil War, doctors called regimental surgeons were assigned to fighting units. However, when the Army Air Corps came into existence in the 1920s, stressors such as G-forces, spatial disorientation and oxygen deprivation became issues for pilots.Due to these stressors and the need for

Auto hobby helps keep Kadena's streets safe

18th Medical Group trains for contingencies

DFAC, ready to feed Airmen

KSO Jog-a-Thon kicks off

Service members get a taste of Kadena Town culture

Kadena honors fallen firefighters

Kadena PMEL keeps PACOM’s calibrations precise

At first glance, the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment laboratories looks like any other building. Once inside the immaculate and sterile interior, its pressure sealed doors and hallways look more appropriate for a hospital than a maintenance shop.While most PMEL

Fire Prevention Week parade winds through base housing

Okinawa's first typhoons of the season leave Kadena relatively unscathed

Typhoon season has been in full swing for Okinawa since June 1, but the first substantial typhoons of the season kept Okinawa inhabitants locked down Oct. 5-7.Staff Sgt. Brian Ogbonnaya, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron operations manager, said that though Typhoons Fitow and Danas came within two days