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  • Families swap clothes, save cash

    Kadena's Airmen and Family Readiness Center hosted a kid's clothing swap at the USO in support of the national "Military Saves" campaign. Lance Corporal Chelsea Steinbrecher takes us to the event to show us how swapping clothes saves money. For the broadcast story click here.

  • Balikatan school visit helps Philippine children

    Philippine and U.S. servicemembers joined together to provide much-needed clothing and other every day items to local school children here March 15.The community relations project took place during Balikatan 2010, an annual bilateral exercise involving the Philippine military, Philippine civil

  • Kadena Airmen hone their skills during annual Turkey Shoot

    Kadena Airmen sharpened their operational edge through internal competition during the annual Kadena Turkey Shoot held March 8-11. Airmen from fighter, tanker, maintenance and airborne command and control squadrons, along with intelligence and weather personnel and soldiers from the Army's 1-1 Air

  • Kadena High School hosts Career Day

    Several Kadena organizations came together recently to aid local high school students in their pursuit of answers to that ever-important, ever-present question: What do I do after graduation?Sponsored by the Kadena Company Grade Officer Council, the Air Force Cadet Officer Mentor Action Program and

  • The MiG-15 and the Kadena connection

    In the opening stages of the Cold War Kadena Air Base played a pivotal role in the clandestine testing of the first airworthy example of a Soviet MiG-15. The aircraft, its pilot, and the testing performed here at Kadena provided the Air Force invaluable technical information on the capabilities and

  • COMMENTARY: One voice is missing

    This week there is a voice missing from Kadena. We lost one of our Airmen. We cannot replace our teammate. And one gone is too many. In the last several weeks Kadena has suffered two tragic losses: "Why?"; "Did we miss the signs?" and "What could we have done?" While the answers to these questions

  • Aero Club adds Liberty to its fleet

    Brig. Gen. Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, took to the skies with one of Kadena Aero Club's brand new aircraft, the Liberty XL2, for its maiden flight March 3. Aero Club officials have been working for some time to purchase a modern aircraft to augment their current fleet of Cessna 172 aircraft

  • Cryogenics lab teaches science with ice cream

    Cryogenics is often dramatized in Hollywood movies as being a method of preserving the dead and springing them back to life far into the future. For military professionals, the field of cryogenics is mission essential. From the liquid oxygen pilots use to breath to the creation of instant ice cream,

  • Kadena mourns loss of Airman

    Airman 1st Class Leonard R. Barnes III, a fuels specialist in the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was found deceased Sunday in his on-base dormitory room. The cause of death is currently under investigation.A memorial service for Airman Barnes will be held today at Kadena's base chapel."We are

  • 18th FSS wins AF-level awards

    The deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services recently announced the 2009 award winners for the A1 community."The A1 community is ready, engaging and constantly leaning forward to support Airmen and taking care of their families," said Lt. Gen. Richard Newton. "While celebrating the

  • Kadena senior master sergeant promotion list

    The Air Force released the names of those selected to the rank of Senior Master Sergeant on the Air Force Personnel Center's public Web site on March 4. Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning April 1. Air Force officials

  • Bilateral training hones U.S., JASDF capabilities

    Aircraft took to the skies to practice defending Okinawa from simulated enemies during joint bilateral training here Feb. 22-26.The training involved a variety of aircraft from the Navy, Marines, Army, and Japanese Air Self Defense Force and was aimed at training personnel for joint planning and