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  • Road to America Fest 2025

    Kadena Air Base is opening its gates to the Okinawan community for America Fest, March 22-23, 2025, for the third year in a row. The event will be open from 1100 to 1900 both days.

  • 18 AES Brings Wings of Hope Across Pacific AOR

    High above the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, a KC-135 roars through the sky, its mission far different from the usual refueling runs. Inside, Airmen from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron scurry about the Stratotanker’s cabin, honing their vital skills during a training flight on Feb 12.

  • Investing in the enlisted

    The 18th Wing hosted a bilateral senior enlisted leadership conference at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 18, 2025. 

  • Going the distance: Okinawa Marathon 2025

    Refreshed by a rainy start, service members and their families cheered on the participants, offering encouragement and much-needed supplies along the course. Volunteers stationed at various checkpoints along the route provided water, fruit, motivation, and medical support, ensuring the athletes had

  • Keeping fighters armed and ready

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Teams of Airmen representing the 67th Fighter Generation Squadron and the 525th Fighter Generation Squadron competed against one another in the 18th Wing Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 7, 2025.

  • 18th MUNS keeps munitions on lock

    The 18th Munitions Squadron, 718th Civil Engineer Squadron and the Army Corps of Engineers restored 14 munitions storage facilities for use at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 31, 2025.  

  • Southern Beach 2025

    Southern Beach is a locally organized, bilateral exercise that brings the 18th Wing and JASDF units together to practice leading, mission planning, flying, and debriefing with one another. This exercise is a continual effort to enhance interoperability between U.S. Forces and host nation partners.

  • 33rd RGS activates at Kadena

    The 18th Wing held the 33rd Rescue Generation Squadron activation ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 24, 2025.

  • BH 25-1: Kadena Airmen demonstrate readiness capabilities

    The 18th Wing conducted an 8-day emergency rapid response exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 8-15, 2025. Airmen tested their ability to rapidly deploy forces and sustain operations under degraded conditions while strengthening their warfighting and agile combat employment concepts.

  • 34th BS conducts BTF in the Pacific

    A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, conducted aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a Bomber Task Force mission over the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 15, 2025. Bomber missions