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  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Nov. 28

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, e-mail 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 e-mail sent on

  • Kadena, Tinker units team up for presidential support

    Four airborne warning air control system aircraft and about 150 Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., deployed to Utapao, Thailand, in support of President Barrack Obama's four-day visit to Southeast Asia, Nov. 18-22.The two AWACS units provided 24/7 airborne early

  • SecAF visits Kadena

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited with Kadena Shoguns here Nov. 21 as part of a multi-day tour to the Pacific.During his visit, he had breakfast with some of Kadena's junior Airmen and toured the base with Brig. Gen. Matt Molly, 18th Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Marson,

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Nov. 21

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, e-mail 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 e-mail sent on

  • Kadena's Airman shines during Tops in Blue

    As the premiere U.S. Air Force entertainment group, Tops in Blue, performs for service members stationed around the world, they bring music, dance and just good old American spirit, but for this trip to Kadena, they brought something a little extra. The group brought home one of Kadena's very own,

  • KSO brings Okinawan communities, U.S. military together

    Although 13 years and innumerable participants have come and gone since the first Kadena Special Olympics, one special-needs athlete has remained a constant competitor for the past half decade. Akihito Ueshiro, from Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, continues to demonstrate his unwavering enthusiasm for

  • KSO holds special meaning for Kadena family

    Every year hundreds of athletes and artists with special needs gather at Kadena Air Base to enjoy the sports and art they love.For a young, smiling, Marlee McDaniel, daughter of the 18th Wing vice commander, this is her first year competing in the Kadena Special Olympics. "This is emotional for us.

  • Thousands turn out for Kadena Special Olympics

    Thousands of volunteers, supporters and special-needs athletes and artists from all over Japan, came to Kadena's Risner Fitness Center, Nov. 17 to participate in or support the 13th annual Kadena Special Olympics. "This is an opportunity for the two communities to meet in joint service to the