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  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Jan. 4

    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) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event.

  • Kadena chaplain spreads Christmas cheer to fellow deployed Airmen

    Chaplain (Capt.) Kevin Humphrey is not what you would call a social media fanatic. He is nowhere to be found on the top 10 most followed Facebook users list. However, when he posted a simple Facebook status several weeks ago, he sparked an unusual response from friends and followers."In about a

  • Escort on, escort off

    Here on Okinawa, military members have the opportunity to escort locals onto base temporarily.While this is a way for service members and Okinawans to get to know each other, escorts must remember that with this power comes great responsibility. "Over the past month, there have been numerous escort

  • 1st MAW invites Team Kadena to Iwo Jima

    Darkness and cool winds surrounded the flight line as U.S. Marine Corpsmen, Sailors and Airmen out of Futenma Air Station and Kadena Air Base; boarded a KC-130J to fly into Iwoto Air Field, Iwo Jima, Japan.The tactical significance of the capture of Iwo Jima during the Pacific campaign of WWII was

  • Budget cuts take toll on military family housing on Okinawa

    The 718th Civil Engineer Squadron, which is the head for all military housing on Okinawa, has suspended the use of unessential services at all Eagle Hardware self-help stores on the island, including Kadena Air Base and Camps Kinser, Foster and Courtney, as well as non-emergent work orders in base

  • Kadena food service team earns PACAF award

    The 18th Force Support Squadron's food service team has been selected by Pacific Air Forces to represent the command in the Air Force competition for the 2012 John L. Hennessy Trophy in the multiple facility category.The announcement made by PACAF leaders recently comes as no surprise to the honored

  • Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 21

    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) to kadena.basebulletin@kadena.af.mil. Announcements typically run for two weeks beginning two weeks prior to an event.

  • Kadena Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Kadena service members and volunteers involved in activities supporting operational readiness and morale and welfare events on base. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of Kadena Air Base.View the slideshow.

  • Recycling procedures change for better

    In February 2011, Brig. Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, former 18th Wing commander, signed a policy making recycling mandatory in all facilities on Kadena and in family housing island-wide.A recent change to the Kadena Recycling Program is making recycling easier for base residents; people can now combine

  • Flour, sugar, butter, love combine to surprise service members

    Kadena Air Base may not see much in the way of snow, but it saw a whole lot in the way of cookies. The task was to collect 30,000 home-baked cookies. The goal -- to deliver 10 to 12 cookies to each of the 2,500 unaccompanied Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen living on Kadena Air Base, as well as

  • 31st, 33rd RQS hone skills with JASDF partners during Cope Angel 12

    Kadena's 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons paired with their counterparts from the Japan Air Self Defense Force Dec. 5-8 during Cope Angel 12, an annual combat search and rescue exercise in Okinawa, Japan.During the exercise, the different teams participated in a range of simulated rescue operations to