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  • Kadena dental technician attending Armed Forces baseball team training

    An 18th Dental Squadron dental technician is making a name for himself in the sporting world.Senior Airman Cody Hyde has been an athlete his entire life. Now, after only a few years of being serious about baseball, he's been invited to the Armed Forces Baseball Team's training camp. The team is made

  • F-15 aircraft crashes in Pacific, pilot safely recovered

    Japan Air Self Defense Force rescue squadron crews safely recovered the pilot who ejected from a Kadena-based F-15 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean approximately 70 miles east of Okinawa at around 9 a.m. today. The pilot is in stable condition and is being evaluated at a military medical facility.

  • Kadena NCOs selected for promotion to master sergeant

    More than 80 Kadena technical sergeants were selected for promotion to master sergeant May 23.More than 3,800 technical sergeants across the Air Force were selected, representing 18.71 percent of the 20,528 eligible.The average score for those selected was 350.21. Selectees' average time in grade is

  • 390th IS TSgt named Language Professional of the Year

    A white-board depicts the characters of a foreign language as Tech. Sgt. David Jang, 390th Intelligence Squadron airborne cryptologic language analyst, briefs other Korean linguists during a training session at the Kadena Language Learning Center.Jang recently won the 2012 Language Professional of

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, May 22

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, email a completed bulletin form to: kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event. Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. Monday to be included in the weekly bulletin email sent on

  • Torii Station hosts luau for deployed service member spouses

    A break in the start to Okinawa's rainy season allowed the Deployed Spouses Luau to take place at Torii Beach May 18, giving military families the opportunity to socialize while enjoying the Torii Beach Water Park, children's activities, a hula show and more.More than 225 people attended the luau,

  • "Critical Days of Summer" safety campaign begins

    The "Critical Days of Summer" safety campaign officially kicks off May 24, before Memorial Day weekend, and ends on Labor Day. This year's theme is "Safe 'n Sound - All Year Round." This is historically the period where the Air Force loses more Airmen to preventable mishaps than any other time of

  • 18th Wing legal office offers group pre-marriage briefings

    "Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark"Excerpt from Sonnet CXVI: Let me

  • Kadena ALS Class 13-D graduates

    Airman Leadership School Class 13-D graduated May 17 at the Rocker NCO Club on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Congratulations to the following graduates of Airman Leadership School Class 13-D:John L. Levitow Award-Senior Airman Stephen Holt, 18th Maintenance Operations Squadron Distinguished

  • Successful 2013 AFAF campaign across Kadena, AF

    Kadena's 2013 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign ran February through May and closed with a total of $179,126, after surpassing the desired goal of $118,534.When the campaign concluded, only 21.1 percent of Kadena's Air Force personnel had participated, yet the raised donations had exceeded the set

  • Team Kadena announces 2013 CCAF graduation

    The Kadena Education Office and Top 3 have teamed up to present the Kadena Air Base 2013 Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony. The event will take place May 22 at 2 p.m. at the Keystone Theater. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony at the Schilling Community Center

  • Batcats welcome new commander

    Members across Team Kadena joined the 353rd Special Operations Group to welcome a new leader.Lt. Col. Ben Maitre assumed command of the 353rd SOG during a ceremony held here May 10. Maj. Gen. George Williams, Air Force Special Operations Command vice commander, highlighted the group's recent