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  • COMPACAF shares holiday safety message

    The holiday season is rapidly approaching. It is a time to rejoice, reflect and enjoy the season and our families. We give thanks for our freedoms and the sacrifices our Airmen and their families, who as part of the joint team, preserve. Yet, it is statistically the second most dangerous period of

  • Seven SNCOs make top rank

    Seven of Kadena's senior non-commissioned officers were among more than 500 Air Force-wide selected for promotion to the top enlisted rank Nov. 19.Friends, families and coworkers came together at the Airmen's Club to celebrate. "Congratulations to all those selected for promotion to chief master

  • Kadena Airmen wrap up largest ATR yet

    Twelve F-15s and about 180 Kadena Airmen are wrapping up two weeks of bilateral training with Japan Air Self Defense Force members at Chitose Air Base in northern Japan. The aviation training relocation program is designed to increase operational readiness and interoperability between U.S. and

  • Kadena downs the dust on runway reconstruction

    After more than a month's work on Kadena's southern runway, the contractors are making steady progress re-laying asphalt and re-installing runway and distance lights.As with many construction projects, the 718th Civil Engineer Squadron is taking steps to make this one as environmentally friendly as

  • Volunteers prepare "Sweet Salute" for Kadena's dorm residents

    Volunteers from Kadena and the local community prepared a "sweet salute" for dorm residents Nov. 15-17.Sweet Salute, a cookie drive aimed at bringing some holiday cheer and homemade cookies to Kadena dorm residents, is an annual event on Kadena organized by the spouses of Kadena leadership.Thousand

  • Kadena Airmen focus on fitness

    With the new physical fitness standards now in effect, Airmen are seeing how focused the Air Force is on being physically fit.Recently, the pass-rate of PT tests at Kadena has increased as servicemembers are getting used to the standards. According to Joyce Jankielsztajn, lead fitness testing

  • Airmen, Marines, JASDF members attend Professional Development Seminar

    A class of 40 servicemembers attended the Airman Professional Development Seminar at Kadena Air Base Nov. 15-16. The seminar consisted of briefings about customs and courtesies, leadership, mentorship and other areas geared toward the professional development of future non-commissioned officers. The

  • Airmen visit preschool in Hokkaido

    A dozen Airmen from the 18th Wing visited the Hokuto preschool in Chitose, Japan, Nov. 15. Airmen started the visit by cleaning up leaves around the school before joining in for singing and reading to the children. Nearly 200 Airmen are at Chitose Air Base as part of an Aviation Training Location

  • Team Kadena members perform FOD walk

    Members of Team Kadena performed a "Foreign Object Debris," or "FOD" walk of the North runway Nov. 12. Team Kadena had 265 volunteers attending the two-and-a-half mile walk. Ten pounds of debris was collected. Among the debris were 29 metallic and stone objects that could have caused millions of

  • Kadena Panthers win high school championship

    The Kadena High School Panthers made history after blowing out Yokota High School 50-23 during the Pacific Far East football championship Nov. 12.The team, which went undefeated for the second consecutive season, became the first team in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to win the

  • Kadena HS football featured in ESPN article

    Kadena High School football players were recently featured on ESPN Rise, a website and magazine which informs, inspires and connects high school athletes to help them improve at high school sports and get noticed by collegiate scouts.Three players, Thomas McDonald, Aaron Ahner and Shariff Coleman,

  • PACAF command chief visits Kadena, meets with Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean, Pacific Air Forces command chief master sergeant, visited Kadena from Oct. 6-9.During his visit to the base, Chief McLean attended the 11th Annual Kadena Special Olympics, visited several units around the base and shared key messages with Airmen."The main reason I

  • Kadena servicemembers commemorate Veterans Day

    As the notes of Taps played, hundreds of servicemembers from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan stood silent, waiting for that final tone and for the command of "dismissed" to be ordered.This sequence closed the 2010 Veteran's Day remembrance ceremony at the base flag pole in front of 18th Wing