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  • Sacred sites bring together Okinawans, Airmen

    Though only 485 square miles in size, roughly a third the size of Rhode Island, the island of Okinawa contains many sacred and historic sites.Just over 17 square miles itself, Kadena contains numerous cultural sites which hold meaning to both the Okinawan people and Americans, in both the main base

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 7

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event.

  • Three 44th Pursuit Squadron pilots among heroes at Pearl Harbor

    Seventy years have passed since Dec. 7 brought the calamity of war to an American territory, which led to a four-year struggle and more than 418,500 American causalities. Amidst the many heroic actions rendered by service members from all services that infamous Sunday morning, three Army Air Force

  • Price of school lunch to increase

    Starting Jan. 3, 2012, school lunch prices at all Department of Defense Education Activity schools Outside the Continental United States will increase. On Nov. 10, 2011, the military services approved an increase in the price of school lunches at DoDEA schools in order to keep pace with increasing

  • USO in a Box comes to Pacific

    The United Services Organization unveiled its first Pacific "USO in a Box" Dec. 2 on the island of le Shima in the prefecture of Okinawa, Japan. This state-of-the-art USO tactical operations center will first be used to support troops participating in exercises throughout the Pacific region.USO in a

  • Kadena Base Bulletin

     To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an

  • Holiday Safety Message 2011

    Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Sgt. James A. Roy, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, send out a holiday safety message to all Airmen stationed at Kadena Air Base. To view the message, click here.

  • Keeping sight all right

    Yellow school buses taking kids off to school, red lights when the traffic is already out of hand, and black coffee to give that extra boost in the morning.The human eye can distinguish about 10 million colors.Life would be pretty bland if not for our sight and the ophthalmic technicians and doctors

  • 33rd HMU conducts first HH-60 phase inspection on Kadena in two years

    Maintainers assigned to the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit recently stood up an inspection section and are currently conducting the first HH-60 600-hour phase inspection accomplished on Kadena in two years. The inspection was performed at Kimhae Air Base near Pusan, South Korea, for the last two