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  • Airman 1st Class Christopher Mason installs a rear fuel drain bracket on an F-15C F100-PW-220E jet engine at Kadena Air Base Sept. 11, 2007. Airman Mason works in the aerospace propulsion flight in the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Ivacic)

    Maintaining airpower

  • Staff Sgt. Christopher Corbine calibrates an alignment collimator making sure that the bore sight of the aircraft is aligned at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2007. The precision measurement equipment laboratory performs and manages repair, calibration, and modification of test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment standards and automatic test equipment. Sergeant Corbine is assigned to the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sheila deVera)

    Keeping it precise

  • Staff Sgts. Austin Pullins (left) and Julio Garcia act as aggressors during a convoy stoppage exercise during the Expeditionary Combat Skills Training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2007. This course teaches the basic tools needed for surviving in the combat zone. Both Sergeants are 18th Wing Group ECST instructors. Sergeant Pullins is assigned to the 18th Communications Squadron and Sergeant Garcia is assigned to the 390th Intelligence Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Darnell T. Cannady)

    Airmen train for combat

  • Aga-Boom performer entertains the audience during their show at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 7, 2007. Rooted in the unique European theatrical style and the universal language of clowning, Aga-Boom cut through the barriers of language and culture with the art of slapstick, the humor of physical comedy and the delighted excitement of childhood.

    Aga-Boom performs at Kadena

  • 101 Critical Days of Summer over, but not danger

    The 101 Critical Days of Summer are now over, but the danger isn't, according to base safety officials. There were 19 deaths Air Force wide during this year's annual safety campaign that runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day. That is up from 17 last year. Most of the fatalities were the result of private motor vehicle accidents (eight), and

  • Air Force Ball to celebrate anniversary of aviation

    The Air Force Ball, to be held at the Rocker NCO Club Sept. 22, will recognize the birthdays of two key events in military aviation. "This year is the 60th anniversary of the Air Force and it also coincides with the 100th anniversary of military aviation," said Lt. Col. Peter Oertel, 18th Operations Group deputy commander. "It was back in 1907 when
  • Kadena Airmen salute the American flag during Taps at the 9/11 memorial ceremony near the wing building on Kadena AB, Japan, Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

    Remembering 9/11

    Feeling a powerful blow, the mother of a Kadena NCO, looked up and saw the tail end of a plane protruding from one of the World Trade Center towers. "While standing in the street, everyone was talking amongst themselves of the sad fate for those where the plane hit," said Melva Sierra, mother of Tech. Sgt. Luz Swanner from the 18th Equipment

  • 61 base members earn stripes at supplemental board

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who were recently selected for promotion during an Air Force supplemental promotion board: To master sergeant: Wesley Fleming, 18th Wing; Henry Williams, 18th Maintenance Group; Jeffrey Kluesner, 18th Communications Squadron; Garry Fobbs, Brian Janiszewski and Sandra Torres, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron;
  • Lt. Col (retired) Marianne Williams, wife of Brig. Gen. Brett Williams, speaks at the Womens Equality event held at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 7, 2007. Women's Equality Day was selected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Sheila deVera)

    Women's Equality Day

  • Energy conservation begins at Kadena's family housing

    Okinawa military family housing residents must take steps to conserve energy to comply with a new wing utilities conservation policy. The policy was created to support an executive order issued in January by President George W. Bush mandating all federal facilities to reduce energy use by three percent starting in fiscal year 2006. The total goal
  • Senior Airman Tara Schmidt quizzes students as they prepare their bodies for the altitude chamber by breathing pure oxygen for 30 minutes Aug. 28, 2007, Kadena Air Base, Japan. Reviewing subjects like trapped and evolved gases, spatial disorientation, situational awareness, night vision, and hypoxia and hyperventilation, help refresh the students minds with the important information that they will need to remember when they experience the effects of the chamber. The mission of the altitude chamber is to teach military personnel who fly in aircraft, to identify, recognize and treat symptoms of hypoxia. Airman Schmidt is an instructor for the Physiological Training Flight, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kelly Timney

    It's all about 'altitude'

  • Ken Wooden, renowned speaker and child sexual abuse expert, speaks to families in the Keystone Theater on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 27, about sexual predators and the lures they use to trap child and young adult victims. Mr. Wooden travels around the world educating children and their families about being proactive to counter sexual predators. He has also made a variety of television appearances, including the Oprah Winfrey Show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Reynaldo Ramon)

    Keeping children safe from predators

    A nationally renowned child safety expert and founder of the Child Lures Prevention organization spoke at Kadena Aug. 27 about "lures" sexual predators use to trap unsuspecting children and even young adults. Kenneth Wooden gave specific examples to Kadena family members of lures used by these predators to manipulate their victims and take

  • Japan toughens traffic, DUI laws

    Passengers in vehicles driven off-base by intoxicated drivers may face prison time and a fine under new laws being implemented by the Japanese Government Sep. 19 and applicable to military members and their families. Japanese officials have revised sentences for current laws, established new laws, and are taking an even tougher stance on traffic
  • Airman 1st Class David Zheng and Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia board a contract aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 2, 2007. More than 240 Airmen from seven bases in Pacific Air Forces left Kadena for Southwest Asia to support operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Both Airmen are assigned to 18th Wing Public Affairs. U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Dani Johnson

    Pacific Airmen deploy to OIF, OEF

    More than 240 Airmen from seven bases in Pacific Air Forces deployed from Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 2, to several locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. "Kadena is the staging base for aggregate air into CENTCOM," said Maj. Aaron Booth, Kadena installation deployment officer. "The aircraft picked Airmen up at Eielson (Air
  • Airmen 1st Class Johnathan Meyer (left) and Gilbert Hardy challenge Senior Airman Charles Johnson during a base exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2007. Both airmen took the selective arms course which enables them to protect their squadron's personnel and assets. The base conducted a three-day base exercise to demonstrate its ability to deploy and generate aircraft. All three Airmen are assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Darnell T. Cannady)

    Selective arming program begins at Kadena

    Non-security forces Airmen are redefining the meaning of force protection by taking up weapons and the training that goes along with it to protect their squadron resources. A few units have already completed training with the 18th Security Forces Squadron through the selective arming program which gives them the ability to respond immediately to an
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