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  • Even 1 is too many

    September is Suicide Prevention Month and Team Kadena encourages everyone to participate in initiatives like Project 22 to become more familiar with the different helping agencies here.

  • SEAC John W. Troxell visits Kadena

    Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with members of Team Kadena about leadership, jobs and how they form integral parts of the military.“Thirty-four years the Army has kept me around, McDonalds didn’t even keep me around for

  • Midnight Maintainers

    For many, the setting sun marks the end of a day at work and the start of a good night’s rest. For swing shift aircraft maintainers, however, they’re only getting started as they expose internal wiring and cables of F-15 Eagles for a long night of non-stop service and repairs.Maintainers of the 67th

  • Cloak and DAGRE

    A deployed aircraft ground response element member returns from the shoot house during close quarters combat training Aug. 12, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The DAGRE team performs many special operations missions such as fly-away security, Special Tactics Airmen escort, airfield security and

  • Fly Fight Win

    Maintainers from the 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and pilots assigned to the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons conduct a mass aircraft generation exercise Aug. 22 and 23, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Maintainers loaded AIM-9 sidewinder missiles, AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles,

  • Fly, rinse, repeat

    Members of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Water and Fuels System Maintenance (WFSM) team ensure the aircraft rinse system, “birdbath,” is ready for use by Kadena’s aircraft.

  • Ready to catch you

    The 18th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted aircraft barrier maintenance training here Aug. 16.

  • AF to reduce additional duties

    In a memorandum to Airmen released Aug. 19, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein announced the service has established a task force titled “Airmen’s Time,” charged with streamlining, and in some cases eliminating, additional duties.

  • The Largest Land Return in Okinawa History

    YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – U.S. Forces, Japan officials are preparing for the largest land return on Okinawa since the 1972 reversion of the island to Japanese control.The return of more than half of the Northern Training area, nearly 4,000 hectares of single and double-canopy rainforest, will reduce

  • Firefighters Take on the Tower

    Sirens and alarms assaulted the senses inside the claustrophobic stairwell of the 13-floor tower as firefighters raced to the top, donning 60 pounds of protective gear in addition to hoses, chairs , axes, and tools. With the deep hiss of each breath from respirator masks, every laborious heave of

  • Becoming a citizen

    American flags rest as the centerpiece during a naturalization ceremony Aug. 17, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Kadena has a strong commitment to helping non-citizen Department of Defense members and their families achieve U.S. citizenship. Since Oct. 1, 2001, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration

  • Mr. Ice Guy

    Walt Disney’s frozen head and the X-Files are just a few of the things thought of in relation to cryogenics. However, on Kadena, as well as bases throughout the Air Force, cryogenics technicians help get aircraft off the ground.Cryogenics technicians support 33 different agencies here, from

  • DHA Director Talks Tricare

    Defense Health Agency director Vice Adm. Raquel Bono visited Okinawa to meet with military treatment facility commanders and staff. She was also the keynote speaker at MTF Commanders and Stakeholders Forum at Kadena's 18th Medical Group.