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  • Members from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron and students from Kadena Elementary School gather for an Adopt-a-School Program ceremony at KDES.

    733rd AMS Adopts-a-School

    Members from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron and students from Kadena Elementary School gather for an Adopt-a-School Program ceremony at KDES. The Adopt-a-School program is a voluntary, ongoing partnership between a school and a military unit that will foster a mutually beneficial partnership between the local school and the Airmen.
  • Airmen from the 18th Security Forces Squadron attend the Defenders Challenge Feb. 13, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The members participated in the Defenders Challenge, an event that challenges participants to run through an obstacle course designed to test their physical and mental abilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

    Kadena Airmen tryout for the Defenders Challenge Championship

    The 18th Security Forces Squadron members participated in the Defenders Challenge, an event that challenges participants to run through an obstacle course designed to test their physical and mental abilities. The Defenders Challenge reinforces the defender ethos and the competitive nature within security forces participants.
  • A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxis to a parking spot during an Agile Combat Employment exercise Feb. 21, 2020, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan. Exercises that utilize ACE concepts ensure forward-deployed forces in the Indo-Pacific are ready to protect and defend partners, allies and U.S. interests at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rhett Isbell)

    ACE: A leaner, meaner force

    Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan, executed a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Feb. 21, 2020, in cooperation with Airmen from the 317th Airlift Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, 19th Airlift Wing from Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and MCAS Futenma Marines to sharpen 18th Wing Airmen’s force generation capabilities by training in the Agile Combat Employment concept.
  • Kadena Air Base supports the 2020 Okinawa Marathon

    Kadena supports Okinawa Marathon

    Team Kadena supported the Okinawa Marathon Feb. 16, 2020, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Every year thousands of people train to run the Okinawa marathon, and Kadena AB has been there to support the athletes each year.
  • 2020年1月30日、県内9校の小学校教員とALT（外国語指導助手）30人が、嘉手納基地内のカデ ナ小学校で行われたELI英語教育研修に参加しました。この研修は外務省、米国国務省並びに国 防省教育局との共催事業で、日本人教員を対象とした研修を実施することで良好な日米関係を 発展させています。

    県内の教員が嘉手納基地で研修

    2020年1月30日、県内9校の小学校教員とALT（外国語指導助手）30人が、嘉手納基地内のカデナ小学校で行われたELI英語教育研修に参加しました。この研修は外務省、米国国務省並びに国防省教育局との共催事業で、日本人教員を対象とした研修を実施することで良好な日米関係を発展させています。（米空軍写真撮影：ダニエル・フェルナンデス3等空曹）
  • USAF dentist cleaning teeth

    Steps for seeking emergency dental care

    The 18th DS provides on-call, after-hours emergency care during non-duty hours and weekends.
  • U.S., Japan and Australian forces kick off COPE NORTH 2020

    U.S., Japan and Australian forces kick off COPE NORTH 2020

    More than 100 aircraft will soar over the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia as U.S. forces, Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) collaborates during exercise COPE NORTH, Feb. 12-28.

  • 18th MSG announces plans for new Teen Center

    The 18th Mission Support Group has plans for a new Teen Center to address the most common complaint on Kadena Air Base, an overcrowded gym.
  • Okinawa School teachers from across the island converged at Kadena Air Base Jan. 30, ready to take part in what is now known as the English Language Initiative or ELI.

    Okinawa Teachers Train at Kadena

    Okinawa School teachers from across the island converged at Kadena Air Base Jan. 30, ready to take part in what is now known as the English Language Initiative or ELI. The initiative provides English language training for Japanese educators by U.S. partners in support of the April 2020 Japan-wide curriculum roll-out requiring students in fifth and sixth grade to receive English instruction.
  • Practicing good preventive measures will help limit your exposure to Novel Coronavirus and keep you and your family healthy and mission ready.

    The straight scoop on Novel Coronavirus

    18th Wing Public Affairs sat down with the 18th Medical Group’s Public Health Flight Commander, Maj. Benjamin Cruz, and asked him what Team Kadena members need to know about Novel Coronavirus. Here’s what he had to say.
  • Forward Area Refueling Point team members held their biannual tryouts for 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen at their fuels compound January seventeenth, twenty twenty. Airmen of the eighteenth LRS petroleum, oil and lubricant flight bear the responsibility of refueling aircraft for hundreds of sorties at Kadena Air Base, and Forward Area Refueling Point assists with Air Force Special Operations refueling around the world.

    FARP Tryouts Test Airmen for Special Operations

    Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP) team members held their biannual tryouts for 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airmen at their fuels compound Jan. 17, 2020. Airmen of the 18th LRS petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) flight bear the responsibility of refueling aircraft for hundreds of sorties at Kadena Air Base, and FARP assists with Air Force Special Operations refueling around the world.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Amanda Allocca, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew member, attaches the blade of an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile during the annual weapons load competition at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2020. Each team must load the munition onto an F-15C Eagle aircraft with speed and precision. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

    AMUs compete for the Load Crew of the Year

    The 18th Aircraft Maintenance Unit conducts the annual weapons load competition at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 17, 2020. Weapons load crew competitions are held each quarter and annually in order to boost morale and highlight superior performers among the load crew teams. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Carias, 624th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production craftsman, prepares to put antifreeze into an electrical generator at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Jan. 25, 2020.

    Hawaii Reserve Citizen Airmen help keep power on at Bellows

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron here provide real-world support at Bellows Air Force Station during a unit training assembly Jan. 25. The work provided an opportunity to accomplish needed equipment maintenance support while performing hands-on upgrade training for mission readiness.
  • Retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Dennis Provencher, airborne and ground radio operator, right, talks with a group of Airmen including Lt. Col. Daniel Waid, 18th Communications Squadron commander, left, about how much has changed since Provencher initially joined in 1951 on Dec. 23, 2019, in Okinawa City, Okinawa. Provencher is a Guinness Book of World Records holder for most amount of blood donated. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Rebeckah Medeiros)

    A life well lived...

    As the sun dances across the room, glaring off the origami hanging from the ceiling, Dennis Provencher looks upon his framed photo and world record certificate of recognition with pride while explaining to the service members how and why he earned it.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton, 18th Wing Public Affairs photographer, greets a Japanese customer at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 8, 2020. Raughton's ability to communicate in Japanese with the local population stems from the video games that now rest in his office. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Hugo Delgado)

    Airman uses video games to bridge language gap

    Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton, a photojournalist stationed at Kadena Air Base, sits at his desk at the 18th Wing Public Affairs office. Some mementos sit atop a shelf above him: a line of hand-held video games. Today, his job is to make sure a batch of photos are properly edited. “Public Affairs is like a lake that’s five miles long and three inches deep,” says Raughton. “You learn a little bit about a lot of different things. I do everything form writing articles, producing photo and video content, public relations, and web design.”
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