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  • Kadena offers emergency dental care

    The 18th Dental Squadron has changed how it offers after-hours emergency dental care to active duty Airmen and their families."Instead of going to the Camp Lester emergency room for dental emergencies, most Kadena patients will now have reduced wait time for treatment and less travel time," said

  • Spouses gather to show appreciation

    Key spouses and their families gathered at the Officer's Club March 18 to honor and show appreciation to fellow spouses for their continued support.Military life overseas is a huge change and sometimes, new spouses need help to adapt. The key spouses network helps them find other spouses who have

  • Okinawa becomes temporary voluntary destination for mothers-to-be

    A military flight carrying eight pregnant women, along with their family members and medical personnel, arrived here from mainland Japan March 22 as part of the authorized voluntary departure program headed by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense.Due to their pregnancies, the women were

  • U.S.-Thai Airmen have a heart for handicapped children

    Servicemembers presented more than $1,300 in supplies to help Panyahukul Handicapped School students at a community outreach event during Cope Tiger, a multilateral joint and combined field training exercise in Korat, Thailand, March 18.The school staff welcomed U.S. and Royal Thai Air Force Airmen

  • Air Force officials launch accountability system for personnel in Japan

    Air Force officials have activated the Air Force Personnel Accountability and Assessment System, or AFPAAS, to monitor the status and location of all personnel and dependents residing on the island of Honshu, Japan.Officials are asking commanders and their commander representatives, or CORs, to

  • Memorial service set for Kadena Airman

    A memorial service for Tech Sgt. Bounmy Sayavongchanh  is scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. in Chapel 1. Sergeant Sayavongchanh died near the northern Okinawa city of Nago in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday, March 19.He was assigned to the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron.

  • Kadena Airman killed in motorcycle accident

    An Airman assigned to Kadena died near the northern Okinawa city of Nago in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident Saturday, March 19.Tech Sgt. Bounmy Sayavongchanh, of the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron, was pronounced dead at Hokubu Hospital at 2:33 p.m. Saturday."We in the Component

  • Special ops group resupplies Sendai

    Airmen form the 353rd Special Operations Group delivered releif supplies to Sendai Airport and resupplied their forward deployed forces with much-needed supplies and personnel March 19.The Airmen have been working around the clock at Sendai Airport since members of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron

  • 44th Fighter Squadron participate in Operation Cope Tiger

    Cope Tiger is a multilateral, combined and joint -command post exercise, and a field training exercise involving the United States Air Force, the Royal Thai Air Force, the Royal Thai Army, and the Republic of Singapore Air Force. The exercise is designed to improve U.S., Thai and Singaporean