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  • Kadena Re-opens Runway

    The 18th Wing celebrated the re-opening of the north runway during a ceremony yesterday. The event also marked the re-opening of the entire airfield with both runways now available after 17 months of single runway operations. The construction began in October of 2010 with the closure of the south

  • Updated jogging policy released

    Kadena's policy letter for jogging safety has recently been changed.Here are a few highlights of the new letter:- Individuals ans small groups are highly encouraged to use the Risner Fitness Center track, the jogging track at Marek Park or the jogging path in the Jennings Housing area.- If jogging

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Feb. 29

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how and who to contact for more information) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.Announcements typically run for two weeks

  • Army Reserve bishop comes to Okinawa

    Bishop Frank Richard Spencer, 41 years and still going strong, is the only bishop still in uniform in the U.S. Army Reserves, although the majority of his career was spent on active duty he also served in the National Guard.Spencer started wearing the uniform in 1969, commissioned as an Army officer

  • Ryukyu Middle School nurse selected as OSHNA School Nurse of the Year

    Holly Gouldman, a school nurse with the Department of Defense Education Activity Pacific, was recently selected as the Overseas School Health Nurses Association 2012 School Nurse of the Year.Gouldman, a registered nurse at Ryukyu Middle School on Kadena Air Base, has been a nurse with DoDEA Pacific

  • Kadena Airmen wrap up largest, longest ATR

    Kadena Airmen forged strategic partnerships with their Japanese and Australian counterparts while participating in a three week-long multinational exercise at Anderson Air Base, Guam. "The exercise has significantly improved our relationship with our Australian and Japanese counterparts, not just in

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Feb. 22

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how and who to contact for more information) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.Announcements typically run for two weeks

  • Kadena provides road, runners, volunteers for 2012 Okinawa Marathon

    Team Kadena supported the 2012 Okinawa Marathon, Feb. 19, by providing 2.8 kilometers of the 42 kilometer marathon route, and hundreds of volunteers to support the more than 11,000 runners. This is the 20th year in a row Kadena has supported the Okinawa Marathon.More than 200 military members,

  • Kadena's 'Fighting Cocks' named premiere fighter squadron in USAF

    On Feb. 16, Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, announced that Kadena's 67th Fighter Squadron "Fighting Cocks" the winner of the Raytheon Trophy for 2011.The annual award, originally started by the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1953, is now sponsored by Raytheon Systems Corporation and is

  • Kadena Airman awarded Purple Heart, AF Combat Action Medal

    Sunset. A beautiful image.Mortar fire breaks the silence. Every night, like clockwork, an attack comes from a nearby enemy village."On the third day, our team was assigned a mission to go in and assault the village," said Senior Airman Nicholas Robillard. "That night, under the cover of darkness, we

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Feb. 15

    To submit an announcement for the base bulletin, please e-mail a short paragraph (NOT bullets or attachments) containing essential information (who, what, when, where, why, and how and who to contact for more information) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil.Announcements typically run for two weeks

  • Heart health makes happy humans

    With cardiovascular disease being the leading cause of death in the United States, 18th Medical Group officials held their annual health fair Feb. 10 to educate the population on living heart healthy.Representatives from high blood pressure education, sickle cell disease awareness, diabetes

  • Kadena sponsor program eases newcomers' transitions to base

    It is the middle of winter and 48 degrees outside, you just got off a 14-hour plane ride and land in a country that is foreign to you. You and your family are standing outside waiting for someone to pick you up, but they never arrive. Then, all eyes look to that active duty member who brought them