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  • TRICARE to extend coverage up to age 26

    The signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of fiscal year 2011 into law enables TRICARE to extend coverage to eligible adult children up to age 26. A premium-based TRICARE Young Adult program is expected to be in place later this spring.The Patient Protection and Affordable Care

  • Kadena becomes largest Air Force base to use Asset Marking and Tracking

    Pacific Air Forces has begun using the ground-breaking asset marking and tracking system, also known as the item unique identification system, starting with Kadena and Yokota Air Base in mainland Japan.Once fully integrated and operational, the system is designed to not only give Air Force officials

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 26

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) 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. Submissions

  • Three establishments added to "off-limits" list

    Recently, the list of off-limits establishments on Okinawa increased by three.All Air Force military and civilian personnel, including AF contractors, and their dependents, who are permanently assigned or TDY to Okinawa, are banned from these establishments.The 18th Wing Commander and base officials

  • Montgomery Gentry to perform on Kadena

    The USO Montgomery Gentry concert is scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m. in the Marine Hangar, Building 762. The hangar is located between Arnold Avenue and Collison Drive off Douglas Avenue.The country duo has a 'meet and greet' planned for fans at the Kadena USO at 11 a.m. and at Bldg. 3534 at 2 p.m.No

  • Team of "victims" makes LORE training more realistic

    While the majority of Kadena was donning personal protective equipment and performing post-attack reconnaissance sweeps, a moulage team from the 18th Dental Squadron prepared a group of volunteers to be "victims" during the local operational readiness exercises.Members of the moulage team applied

  • Tony Horton to visit Kadena

    Tony Horton, training guru to the stars and developer of the fitness program, P90X, will be visiting Kadena Air Base Jan. 29.Mr. Horton will be at Kadena's Risner Fitness Center from 7-8 a.m. for an exercise clinic and from 8-8:30 a.m. to meet, greet, and sign autographs.He will then visit AAFES

  • LORE continues for Team Kadena

    Team Kadena continues to participate in Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise held at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The LORE has been going on for the last several days and is scheduled to run through the end of the week. The LORE is conducted to test the base's ability to defend

  • 18 LRS nabs PACAF Daedalian Award and 7 individual awards

    The 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron has won the 2010 PACAF Daedalian Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award. This award is bestowed on the best logistics readiness squadron for its impact on mission accomplishment and overall logistics excellence during the past year.

  • Japan Minister of Defense visits Kadena

    Landing at a helo pad at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Jan. 20, Japan Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa met with Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing Commander, for a mission briefing and a tour of the base. During the visit, Minister Kitazawa expressed his appreciation for the leadership, cooperation,

  • Okinawan intern says, 'Thank you'

    Editor's Note: In June of last year, Mr. Ryo Oshiro, a 16-year-old local special needs high school student, worked as an intern at Kadena's Risner Fitness Center. The intership fulfilled a childhood dream of Mr. Oshiro's - to work in an English-speaking environment. Mr. Oshiro was so inspired by the

  • Kadena Airmen perform Tops In Blue

    It's the show that's for Airmen, by Airmen. Tops In Blue is a show designed to provide memories for the crowd with their high energy songs with audience interaction...but this performance is also huge in memories for those in the show.While Tops In Blue is designed to provide memories for the crowd

  • Team Kadena demonstrates capabilities during life-like exercise

    Team Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise, this week.During the LORE, units from across the base are presented with scenarios that test their ability to react and respond to different situations and emergencies on-base.In one scenario Jan. 19,

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 19

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please email a short paragraph (NOT bullets) 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. Submissions

  • Team Kadena participates in local readiness exercise

    Team Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise. The LORE is conducted to test the base's ability to defend Japan and maintain peace and stability in the Pacific region. The exercise is scheduled to run through the end of the week.