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  • Airman 1st Class Kendrick Oliver, 18th Security Forces Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, gives a breathalyzer test to a driver coming through the base’s main gate. Random field sobriety tests have been stepped up to prevent drinking and driving cases. "Normally we’re just out here just to check I.D.s and do random breathalyzer tests, but we’re just stepping it up so we can ensure mission readiness and make sure all the Airman are safe when they come on base," said Airman Oliver. "It’s important for us to be doing this because we want to protect our Airmen. We don’t want anyone to get in a wreck or anything or be able to hurt anybody." (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Kenneth Helgerson)

    Keeping Airmen safe

  • Kadena's Medical Group leads way to a smoke-free base

    The Air Force wants a tobacco-free service by 2010, and the 18th Medical Group is getting a head-start at Kadena to eliminate smoking areas within its group starting in September. Smoking areas around all Med Group buildings will be moved further away and eventually disappear in an effort to enhance overall fitness and duty performance. "We want
  • The Kadena “Shoguns” dragon boat men's team tries to row their way ahead of the Navy and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force teams in the 33rd Annual Naha Dragon Boat races at Naha Port May 5. Two teams from Kadena Air Base, Japan -- a men's and women's team -- were part of more than 50 teams, including eight military teams from U.S. bases on Okinawa, that took part in the annual competition. Among the U.S. military teams, the Air Force finished second at 5:00.22 minutes in the men’s division. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Kasey Zickmund)

    Kadena Airmen participate in annual Dragon Boat race

  • F-22 Raptors deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, trained with U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets April 26, 2007, near the waters of Okinawa. The Super Hornets, from VFA-27 "The Royal Maces," are stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and are the U.S. Navy's newest frontline carrier-based fighter. The Raptors are from the 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., and have been deployed to Kadena since February. The training exercises focused on the next generation fighter capabilities between the two aircraft. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)

    F-22 Raptors complete 3-month Pacific deployment

    After almost three months in the Pacific, ten F-22s departed here May 10 upon completion of the first overseas deployment for the Air Force's newest air supremacy aircraft. The 12 Raptors arrived in February as part of a regularly scheduled U.S. Pacific Command rotational assignment of aircraft to the Pacific. The aircraft and more than 250 Airmen
  • Capt. Jeannette Ward (second from right) talks with Jim and Marite Brierly while Cmdr. (Dr.) Sharon Troxel and Maj. (Dr.) Dan Cole look on at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on May 2, 2007. Doctors Troxel and Cole and Captain Ward were part of the team that treated and medically evacuated Mr. Brierly to Hawaii after he suffered a major heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Brierly visited the units to thank them for their efforts. Mr. Brierly teaches English as a second language at Kadena Elementary School. Doctor Troxel is the head of the emergency department at U.S. Navy Hospital-Okinawa. Doctor Cole is the 18th Medical Operations Squadron medical services flight commander and a critical care medical attendant team staff physician for pulmonary and critical care. Captain Ward is a flight nurse with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kasey Zickmund)

    Kadena school teacher thanks his military medical heroes

    Many talk about heroes in their lives. For a Department of Defense Dependent Schools teacher here, his heroes wear camouflage and flight suits. On May 2, he came to thank those who saved his life over a year ago. For Jim Brierly, March 30, 2006, was a day that started like any other day. By the end it, his life would change forever, thanks to the
  • Senior Airman Perris Coleman of the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, embraces his wife after returning from a 120-day deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. Airman Coleman was deployed with Kadena’s 33rd Rescue Squadron. While in Afghanistan, the 33rd Rescue Squadron saved 116 lives and flew more than 200 sorties. Dozens of Airmen from Kadena’s 718th Aircraft Maintenance and the 18th EMS were also deployed with the 33rd RQS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Ivacic)

    Kadena Airmen return from Afghanistan deployment

  • Kadena to celebrate week honoring nurses, med techs

    Kadena will celebrate nurses and medical technicians week May 6-12 with a variety of events.PAINTBALL COMPETITIONPaintball competition for nurses and medical technicians is from noon to 4 p.m.  on May 6.  The cost is $15 for all gear and 500 rounds or $10 if you bring your own gear. For more information, call Capt. Laurel Minard at 630-4455. DINNER
  • F-22 Raptors deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, trained with U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets April 26, 2007, near the waters of Okinawa. The Super Hornets, from VFA-27 "The Royal Maces," are stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and are the U.S. Navy's newest frontline carrier-based fighter. The Raptors are from the 27th Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., and have been deployed to Kadena since February. The training exercises focused on the next generation fighter capabilities between the two aircraft. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)

    Air Force F-22 Raptors train with Navy F/A-18 Hornets

  • Lt. Col. Wade Tolliver (left) greets Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Col. Junichi Araki at the 44th Fighter Squadron April 27, 2007, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Air Force and JASDF officers gathered to debrief after conducting dissimilar air combat training between U.S. F-22s and F-15s and JASDF F-4s and F-15s. Colonel Tolliver is the 27th Fighter Squadron commander deployed here from Langley Air Force Base, Va. Colonel Araki is the Defense Chief for Southwest Air Division at Naha Air Base on Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Kasey Zickmund)

    Air Force, JASDF forces train together

    Cowboy Picture.  Death 01 Push.  Commit.  Hostile Group.  Splash.  Cowboy Copy Kill.For many these words may not seem like they work together, but for fighter pilots conducting air-to-air combat, they are the words they live by. On April 27, these words were heard over the waters near Okinawa not only with American accents, but also with Japanese

  • PACAF commander to retire Jan. 1

    Gen. Paul V. Hester, commander, Pacific Air Forces, announced his retirement April 27. His announcement coincides with the Department of Defense naming Lt. Gen. Carrol "Howie" Chandler as the next Pacific Air Forces commander. General Chandler was also nominated for his fourth star. General Hester assumed command of PACAF in July 2004 and says that

  • Airmen's Creed exemplifies warfighting ethos

    The Air Force chief of staff introduced the new "Airman's Creed" April 18 to provide Airmen a tangible statement of beliefs that they can hold most dear. The Airman's Creed reflects pride in the role of air, space and cyberspace power and the Air Force's commitment in supporting and defending the nation. The creed is fueled by the Air Force's

  • Health care survey of ill or injured service members to determine quality of post-operational deployment health care

    A telephone survey of ill or injured Service members who have returned from operational deployment will begin May 1 to examine post-deployment health care experiences. This health care survey is being conducted in response to the Secretary of Defense's request to comprehensively assess the quality of health care Service members receive since

  • Kadena exceeds 2007 AFAF goal, donates $168,000

    For the second year in a row, Team Kadena members have met and exceeded their goal to raise money for the annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign. This year, Kadena had a goal of $105,000, the highest in the Pacific Air Forces region. "Not only did we meet this year's goal, we exceeded it," said Capt. Kenneth Joseph, AFAF installation project
  • 070426-F-9919G-047 KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airman First Class Steven Arnold and Airman Rico Babas, 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, change clamps on hydraulic lines of an F-15C. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

    Kadena Airmen practice wartime skills during week-long exercise

    "We are at war." Four words that sent a buzz of anticipation through the majority of Kadena Air Base as Exercise Beverly High 07-2 kicked off Monday with the receipt of a deployment order to move forces forward to another country in the Pacific Region.  This exercise tested the wing's ability to mobilize and forward deploy people and cargo, respond

  • Kadena P-3 crew helps rescue stranded sailors

    A Navy P-3 Orion crew temporarily assigned to Kadena helped rescue six sailors stranded on an outrigger canoe 300 miles south of Guam earlier this month. The P-3 Orion flown by Combat Aircrew ONE from Kadena was dispatched in response to a U.S. Coast Guard request for assistance. A 25-foot outrigger canoe supplied with enough food and water to make
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