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  • Inside Kadena's new BX complex

    When asked to describe the inside of the new 344,000 square foot BX - set to open Oct. 2 - the BX manager, Mr. Robert Rice, responded with three words: "shock and awe." The two-story layout of the new BX is the first thing most people will notice. The bottom floor of the complex houses a food court

  • Pacific Air Forces commander focuses on future

    The commander of Pacific Air Forces spoke with national media members to outline his responsibilities during the 2009 Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Gen. Gary North discussed his role as the Pacific Air Forces

  • Kadena honors prisoners of war, missing comrades

    Friday, Sept. 18, marks National POW/MIA Recognition Day and dozens of Kadena volunteers plan to pay tribute with a vigil run and reveille ceremony starting today. Other Kadena Airmen have already paid tribute to their comrades who were held in captivity or have never returned home in their own

  • Bringing it back to basic

    Though Air Force fitness standards have become more stringent, members of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance flight aren't intimidated. They believe their dynamic fitness program, which is old-school in some ways and enterprising in others, is preparing them for success not

  • Kadena team takes CSAF award at AFA convention

    A dramatic turnaround in operations efficiency led the base Individual Protective Equipment Management Team to be named recipients of the Air Force Chief of Staff's Team Excellence Award during the Air Force Association's 22nd Annual Convention in Washington this week. The team was comprised of

  • Hometown Holiday Greetings Team to begin taping at Kadena

    Broadcast teams from the Joint Hometown News Service in San Antonio, Texas, will begin taping video holiday greetings of service members and their families at Kadena Air Base Oct. 1 and 2, and other overseas locations during the holiday season. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the

  • Kadena wins Federal-level award with help from the Energy Guy

    They call him the Energy Guy and he's one of the main reasons that Kadena was recently awarded the 2009 Federal Energy and Water Management Award. Mr. John Muckey, a 718th Civil Engineer Squadron resource efficiency manager, is a regular Joe without superpowers or spandex. He's been a hard charger

  • 5K fundraiser keeps Special Olympics running

    Four hundred runners started their Saturday morning with a Special Olympics 5K run fundraiser at the Risner Fitness Complex Aug. 12. Though grueling for some participants, the run was virtually a walk in the park for the Kadena High School cross country team: one of the team members, Jacob

  • Airmen have a Ball

    Kadena Airmen celebrated the 62nd birthday of the United States Air Force with a Ball at Kadena's Rocker NCO Club Sept. 12. General Kevin Chilton, commander of United States Strategic Command, was the guest of honor and keynote speaker at this year's Air Force Ball.

  • Kadena remembers 9/11

    Members of Team Kadena, to include Airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines, spent the morning remembering those victims and first responders who died Sept. 11, 2001. Also recognized were those who have served in the military, whether deployed or at home station, since these events. Brig. Gen. Ken

  • VIDEO: Deployed Kadena Airmen take their show on the road

    It looks like another day on the flight line for these maintainers prepping their F-15's. But what makes this day different is that these Airmen are testing the 18th Wing's ability to pack up and take their show on the road...Click here for the full video story.

  • Spouses come together for quarterly forum

    While the military may not have issued you a spouse, your spouse didn't sign up for the military either. Being a military spouse can be difficult in today's Air Force of 6-12 month deployments, constant PCS moves and long duty hours. Kadena military families also must learn to live in a foreign

  • Tacit farmers return to their roots at air base

    Life in Okinawa was difficult in the aftermath of World War II. For one Okinawan, recalling a single good memory from his childhood is a challenge. At the age of 13, Chosei Hamamoto was a boy with the skills of a soldier and little knowledge of books; in school, he learned to disable tanks. His

  • Kadena Airman jams with Los Lonely Boys downrange

    Kadena Airman 1st Class Theodore Wilkins, deployed from the 18th Security Forces Squadron and assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary SFS, plays the saxophone on stage with the Los Lonely Boys for a mixed crowd of Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and civilians at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq,

  • Okinawans honor their ancestors

    On the last evening of Obon, Okinawan families say prayers and give homage to their ancestors, who they believe returned from the spirit world for a brief, three-day visit. The prayers, which are accompanied by a feast, mark the end of Obon and the beginning of a celebration through Eisa dancing.