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  • Cultural exchange brings American, Okinawan families together

    The Okinawan people have a saying - "Ichariba chode," which means, "If we meet once, we will always be brothers and sisters." In the spirit of "Ichariba chode," American and Okinawan family members participated in a cultural exchange at the Kadena Town Rotary March 7 in an effort to strengthen

  • 18th Comm Squadron earns multiple awards

    One of Kadena's squadrons recently scored a hat trick, earning three awards for excellence from Pacific Air Forces. The 18th Communications Squadron cinched the Maj. Gen. William R. Yost Award as the best large communications unit in Pacific Air Forces and had two individual winners in the

  • Kadena Finance switching processing to AFFSC

    Kadena's Financial Services Office has moved its pay processing operations to the Air Force Financial Services Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. During the switchover, the FSO will continue to serve Team Kadena's financial service needs. The move is part of the Financial Management

  • Kadena captains selected for major

    The results of the 2008 Line of the Air Force major central selection board were released March 10. Team Kadena congratulates the following officers for being selected to advance to the next rank:18th WingDanny A. Cannon, 18th Operations Support Squadron Rudolfo Chavez, 67th Fighter Squadron Eric A.

  • Multinational exercise Cope Tiger 2009 kicks off

    The first flights of Cope Tiger 2009 launched March 9, filling the sky above Thailand with fighter aircraft and signaling the 15th year of partnership between the United States, Thailand and Singapore militaries. Cope Tiger is an annual, multilateral aerial exercise which divides Thai, Singaporean

  • Air Force, Navy pilots train together over Okinawa

    Air Force and Navy pilots are sharpening their aerial combat skills in simulated dogfights and strike missions in the skies over Okinawa from March 1 - 21. Using Kadena AB as a power projection platform, F-15 Eagle pilots from the 67th Fighter Squadron and F-22 pilots from the deployed 27th

  • DeCA accepting commissary certifichecks

    The Defense Commissary Agency will accept outstanding CertifiCheck gift certificates from authorized customers thanks to a plan approved today by the Department of Defense. The approved plan allows DeCA commissaries to honor CertifiCheck gift checks now through July 31, 2009. "I am happy to report

  • Japanese ban on California poultry affects Kadena Commissary

    A recent Japanese government ban on California poultry has had a limited impact on selection at the base commissary, a Kadena commissary official said."We have seen some effect in the availability of whole chickens," said Kalani Patsel, Kadena Commissary store administrator. The California poultry

  • Kadena congratulates its newest senior master sergeants

    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 6. Those selected for senior master sergeant will be promoted according to their promotion sequence number beginning April 1. The following

  • Deputy Chief of Chaplains visits Kadena

    During a visit to the Air Force's largest combat wing, the Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains took time to praise Airmen for their service and remind them of their noble calling. Chaplain (Brig. Gen.) David Cyr shared food and conversation with the Shoguns during this year's National Prayer

  • Kadena Military Working Dog team saves lives in Iraq

    A Kadena Airman and his military working dog recently returned from a four-month deployment to Baghdad where they saved lives by locating improvised explosives and weapons caches. Staff Sgt. Joseph Branch, a 10-year Air Force veteran from the 18th Security Forces Squadron, and Nemo, his

  • Kadena Deploys F-15s, personnel to Thailand for Exercise Cope Tiger

    The 18th Wing deployed 12 F-15 Eagles and about 170 Airmen to Thailand Monday to participate in exercise Cope Tiger 2009 from March 9-20. The F-15s from the 44th Fighter Squadron here will fly alongside their Thai Air Force counterparts as well as the Singaporean Air Force and other U.S. Air Force,

  • Kadena takes physical fitness to extreme

    Staff members from the 18th Force Support Squadron's Risner Fitness Center are helping Team Kadena take fitness to the extreme. Held three times a year by the fitness center staff, the Extreme Fitness Challenge gives people the opportunity to work with a personal trainer in a group setting and put

  • Kadena phone lines switching to Verizon in March

    Base residents should prepare themselves to switch phone numbers when the new telephone contractor Verizon Business takes over residential phone service March 31. Every base resident should have received a letter in February about the cutover. As a result of the transition, the vast majority of

  • Kadena Airmen tutor students at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School

    Kadena Airmen are investing in the future by tutoring students at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School. The Department of Defense Education Activity asked schools in the Pacific region to develop a plan to help "at-risk" students succeed academically. The staff at DODEA decided to use its strong