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  • Small shop, Big mission

    The FARP team supports contingency and exercise operations to refuel aircraft while regularly maintaining their equipment ensuring mission success in austere locations where typical air-to-air refueling or established refueling stations are not available.

  • Limitless

    Right here, right now. One foot in front of the other. Breathe. These are some of the mantras Jamie Brown says to himself as he runs his seventh lap on the track under the Okinawa sun. As part of the United States Paralympic Triathlon Team, Brown has one main goal in mind: to stand on the podium at

  • Always There

    An F-15C Eagle from the 44th Fighter Squadron refuels with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron July 10, 2019, during a training exercise out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 909th ARS helps ensure a free-and-open Indo-Pacific by providing air refueling to U.S., allies and

  • Home on the Range

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jose Diaz de Leon, special mission aviator assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, looks out the gunner’s window aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk, July 31, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The HH-60G Pave Hawk, or Precision Avionics Vectoring Equipment, has a hoist that can

  • Airman assists in saving drowned child

    For his acts of heroism, U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Halle, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron assistant chief of operations, was recognized by Masaharu Noguni, city of Chatan mayor, during a ceremony Aug. 19, 2019, at the Chatan Town Office.

  • Kadena celebrates newest staff sergeants

    The Kadena Shoguns celebrate their newest staff sergeant selects during a celebration at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 23, 2019. Across the 18th Wing, 380 senior airmen were selected for promotion to staff sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton)

  • Kadena, Okinawa dentists share best practices

    Thirty-four students from Okinawa’s White Dental Clinic toured the 18th Wing Dental Squadron’s clinic, Aug. 16, 2019, to learn the different capabilities between Japanese and American dental care facilities.

  • Resiliency in the midst of the reaper

    Born into a military family, U.S. Air Force Capt. Cole Holloway was destined to follow both his mother and father’s footsteps into the U.S. Air Force – more specifically, to follow his father’s aviation path and become a pilot.Holloway met his goal and accomplished his dream job – he successfully

  • 320th STS troop one of Air Force's most Outstanding Airmen

    Each year Air Force officials select 12 Airmen from a pool of 36 nominees based on their superior leadership, job performance and personal achievements to represent the service’s top enlisted members. Tech. Sgt. Kenneth O’Brien, special tactics section chief from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron,

  • Thank You For Your Service

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryan Savella, military working dog (MWD) handler assigned to the 18th Security Forces Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Colonel Thang Doan, commander assigned to the 18th Mission Support Group, pet MWD KitKat during a MWD retirement ceremony July 26, 2019, on Kadena Air Base,

  • Cope Angel 2019

    An HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, lowers a pararescuemen into a boat in the ocean during a water operation, July 26, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. Members of the 33rd and 31st Rescue Squadrons from Kadena AB train and work together to provide support for combat rescue and

  • Kadena Sentry Keeps Watch Over Indo-Pacific

    An E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron flies during a training exercise July 10, 2019, out of Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Sentry provides all-weather surveillance, command, control, and communications in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st

  • Suit Up

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Cristi, fire emergency services firefighter assigned to the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, goes through a decontamination station during a hazardous material training exercise July 11, 2019, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen exposed to a hazardous chemical must be

  • Kadena historian deploys to SE Asia

    Deployments are a common occurrence throughout the armed forces. This holds true for both the uniformed service members as well as their civilian counterparts. According to the U.S. Air Force’s website, around 400 civilians a year join their military teammates in Afghanistan, Iraq and other