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  • Guam Raptors train with Kadena F-15s

    Two F-22 Raptors from the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron returned here July 15 from Japan following training with F-15 Eagles at Kadena Air Base. The 525th EFS, deployed here from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, as part of U.S. Pacific Command's Theater Security Packages in the Asia-Pacific

  • 'Young Tigers' keep Aussies flying down under

    The Northern Australian Outback presents many dangers, including six of the most venomous snakes in the world, saltwater crocodiles, and multiple poisonous insects. However, it is the Young Tigers, Eagles and Hornets in Australia's skies that are garnering the most attention lately. High above the

  • Spouses make friends, get a break

    Spouses of deployed servicemembers gathered for an evening of food, fellowship and fun at Kadena's Schilling Community Center July 18. More than 30 spouses attended the Deployed Spouses Dinner, a monthly event sponsored by numerous base organizations and hosted this month by the 18th Aircraft

  • Kadena’s own 33rd RQS wins the Air Force’s Verne Orr Award

    The 33rd Rescue Squadron was announced as the 2009 Verne Orr Award winner July 2. Established by the Air Force Association in honor of Verne Orr, a former Secretary of the Air Force, the Verne Orr Award is presented annually and highlights any unit, regardless of size, that excelled above all others

  • AFPC Spread the Word team to brief Team Kadena

    An Air Force Personnel Center "Spread the Word" briefing team arrives at Kadena Air Base on 24 July 2009. All Call briefings are scheduled for 24 Jul at 0830 and 1400 at the Keystone Theater. All Airmen and civilians are encouraged to attend. "One of the Air Force's top priorities is to develop and

  • Kadena Airmen participate in 2009 Air Mobility Rodeo competition

    Airmen from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and the 718th Maintenance Squadron headed to McChord Air Force Base, Wash., this week to compete against other air mobility teams from around the world. Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 is sponsored by the Air Mobility

  • AAFES advises temporary closures at Kadena gas stations

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service gas stations on Kadena Air Base will be receiving scheduled tank replacements beginning July 20. Tank replacement at the main gas station will be done sequentially, thereby eliminating the need for full closure. Midgrade gasoline will remain available at

  • A commander's "call" to Shogun Warriors

    The enlisted ranks of the 18th Wing gathered at the Keystone Theater July 10 for a wing commander's call focusing on his expectations for Airmen. Click here to view the video.Colonel Ken Wilsbach, 18th Wing commander, started the call by saying how impressed he was with the Shogun Warriors and

  • Base siren testing to begin

    Kadena officials will start testing its base sirens Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, in order to keep the sirens operational beginning this week. The local climate wreaks havoc on the sirens, and the only way to keep them operational is to test them from time to time, to help prevent

  • Commentary: Making Sure the Parts Fit

    There has been a bit of talk lately among senior leaders on Kadena Air Base about standards, military customs and courtesies, and whether or not our Airmen are making an attempt to meet them. So, for this article I thought I would give this commander's perspective on standards. When I was young I