Kadena Airmen volunteer to promote sexual assault awareness

Kadena observes Days of Remembrance

Kadena Base Bulletin, April 17

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

AFAF highlight: Air Force Enlisted Village

Military members across the Air Force continue to "take care of their own" during the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, running now through May 3. By the end of the third week of fundraising, Airmen at Kadena Air Base, Japan, have raised $79,481.70 toward their goal of $118,534. The AFAF raises

Performance program strengthens battlefield Airmen

"Humans are more important than hardware" is a saying heard continuously throughout the special operations community. One special tactics squadron has a facility that turns these words into action.The 320th Special Tactics Squadron's Human Performance Training Center here offers battlefield Airmen

U.S. Air Force F-22s, F-15s pair with JASDF Eagle partners

A squadron of U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from Langley Air Force Base, Va., partnered with F-15 Eagle pilots from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force from Naha Air Base, Japan, for bilateral training April 5. The training, the fourth of its kind since 2007, gave both U.S. and Japanese pilots the

Locals visit sacred sites on Kadena

AFAF helps Kadena Airman hold father's hand at final moment

The Air Force Aid Foundation was established to provide an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support to the Air Force's active-duty, retirees, reservists and guard, as well as their family members or surviving spouses. This foundation has helped out even people

18th Wing vice commander learns KC-135 maintenance

Maintaining so 'that others may live'

The HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter is a formidable tool in the Combat Search and Rescue arsenal.The members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's 83rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit here work hard to keep it that way."Our first priority is to make sure we provide safe and reliable

Sex Signals Shows on Kadena for Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The Sweetheart of Okinawa: Kadena's Corsair squadrons

At 8 a.m. Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, the United States Tenth Army, comprised of U.S. Army and Marine Corps divisions, landed on the Hagushi beaches during Operation Iceberg, or the battle for Okinawa. The U.S. assault divisions were met with little to no resistance. Within a few hours, the U.S.

Air Force restarts tuition assistance

The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a

Airmen speak to KHS students at Career Day

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa moves to Marine Corps Camp Foster

Last month, Okinawa service members and their families saw a new hospital open in a new location, continuing and improving the military community's medical support on the island.March 2013 saw the decommission of Marine Corps Camp Lester's U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa and the grand opening of the new