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  • Pararescueman drops into command chief slot

    EDITOR'S NOTE: Airman 1st Class Hailey Davis recently sat down to talk with the 18th Wing's new command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, who is known as 'Chief CZ'. As he makes his way toward his new office at 18th Wing Headquarters, Chief Master Sgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez's maroon beret

  • Kadena Airman dies following motorcycle accident

    An Airman assigned to Kadena died after being involved in a motorcycle accident Jan. 19 on Highway 58 near Kadena Air Base.Staff Sgt. Glenn Bearson, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, was taken to nearby Nakagami Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight."We lost a valued,

  • 18th Wing remembers Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. has had a major impact on American history with the role he played in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens.During the week leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Kadena residents celebrated his life through various activities, including a blood drive, a

  • Young Tigers celebrate 50th anniversary

    Kadena's 909th Air Refueling Squadron celebrates its 50th anniversary Jan. 18, 2013, acknowledging its past as the original 909th Air Refueling Squadron (Heavy).Back in 1963, the "Heavy" squadron was part of the 461st Bomb Wing at Amarillo Air Force Base in Amarillo, Texas. The "Heavy" designation

  • Free tax services opens for all ID card holders Jan. 23

    The Kadena tax center, a joint service center with the U.S. Air Force and Army, opens Jan. 23 to help service members and their families with filing their federal and state taxes at no cost.The tax center is located in Bldg. 1460 on Kadena and walk-in hours are from 9 a.m. to 2 p. m. Monday through

  • Shoguns get fit to fight

    (Below is the first in a series "Fitness Challenge" articles. This article introduces the 2013 Extreme Fitness Challenge program and the goals are of its participants. Subsequent articles will track the progress of the program and its participants.)More than 90 people jumped at the chance to sign up

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 16

    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

  • AIr Force mortuary provides compassionate service

    (Editor's Note: It's important for service members to remember to update their Virtual Record of Emergency Data (vRED), or Defense Document Form 93. This will allow the military to have correct and up-to-date next-of-kin and beneficiary information in case of death.) When someone passes away there

  • F-22s deploy to Kadena

    F-22A Raptors and about 300 Airmen from the 1st Fighter Wing, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and the 192nd Fighter Wing, Va. Air National Guard, will deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, on a four-month rotation. The F-22's are scheduled to arrive to Kadena AB in mid-January 2013.Pacific Air Forces

  • AWACS officer has family reunion at 23,000 feet

    There are many predictable things about deployments, but for one Airman, the unpredictable happened. He didn't expect a family reunion, but got one - at 23,000 feet in the air two days before Christmas. The day started like any other for 1st Lt. Michael Ellsworth, an air weapons officer deployed to