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  • Stearley Heights Elementary School wraps up Summer Enrichment program

    The Department of Defense Education Activity four-week Voyager Summer Enrichment Program at Stearley Heights Elementary School June 27 through July 22 was a tremendous success! Teachers, parents and students were excited for the program because it encouraged team work, collaboration and leadership

  • Need to file personal property claim from Muifa?

    During typhoons, it's almost inevitable that property will be damaged, and Typhoon Muifa made no exceptions. For any Air Force personnel who suffered property damage from Muifa, the Kadena Claims Office will be conducting mass claims briefings to assist personnel in ensuring their claims are

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Aug 3

    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.

  • Kadena Airman helps keep aircraft in the fight at Bagram

    Bagram Airfield has some of the busiest air frames in the Air Force, but without fuel they can't fly, fight and win. The 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight brings fuel to the fight to keep Bagram's mission "responsive and precise." "We are responsible for all

  • 18th MUNS operates more than munitions

    Kadena's 18th Munitions Squadron operates the Air Force's largest conventional munitions storage area, a total of 5,900 acres, to support all U.S. military and Japan Ground and Air Self-Defense Force activities.The squadron provides the wing and associate units with munitions for more than 12,000

  • Properly assess emergencies to limit 911 calls

    Imagine you are playing a game of basketball on base with your friends, when a teammate is tripped and falls to the floor.His ankle hurts when he puts weight on it, but it isn't swelling or discolored and he is otherwise uninjured. What do you do?Though the best answer to this question is to use

  • Kadena family members attend Exhange Patriot Family focus group

    Kadena Air Base family members took the opportunity to make their voices heard while attending the Army and Air Force Exchange Service's first Pacific Region Patriot Family focus group session at Camp Foster July 22.The Exchange formed the focus group in coordination with garrison and wing

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, July 27

    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

  • USCIS changes immigrant visa petition rules

    NOTICE TO ALL PERSONNEL WITH FOREIGN NATIONAL DEPENDENTS WHO PCS IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS:Due to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) rule change, the U.S.  Consulate Naha will no longer be accepting immigrant visa (I-130) petitions for foreign national dependents after Aug. 11, 2011.

  • Crossfit program opens doors at Risner

    Kadena residents looking for a new exercise regimen can do so by signing up for Shogun Crossfit, which recently opened its doors at the Risner Fitness Complex.Crossfit is a strength and conditioning brand that combines weightlifting, sprinting, gymnastics, power lifting, kettle bell training,