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

Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 14

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You've got mail ... and extended holiday hours at the Kadena Post Office

As the holidays draw closer, packages are starting to pile up at the Kadena Post Office.The postal staff recommends residents check their post office box daily to ensure there is room for the influx of packages expected to arrive on island over the next few weeks. Also, Dec. 19 through Dec. 23, the

31st, 33rd RQS work with Japanese counterparts during Cope Angel

Kadena welcomes the Harlem Globetrotters to the Risner

Sacred sites bring together Okinawans, Airmen

Though only 485 square miles in size, roughly a third the size of Rhode Island, the island of Okinawa contains many sacred and historic sites.Just over 17 square miles itself, Kadena contains numerous cultural sites which hold meaning to both the Okinawan people and Americans, in both the main base

Kadena Base Bulletin, Dec. 7

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Kadena welcomes the holidays with the 2011 Tinsel Town

18 Wing CC and JASDF Air Support Command CC survey Cope Angel

Kadena Integrated Delivery System to use incentive program to promote resiliency

The Integrated Delivery System here, a program linked by all helping agencies on base including the chapels, mental health and Airman and Family Readiness Center, is set to unveil a new plan for augmenting Airmen's resiliency in February 2012. Unlike the general mindset of "if it isn't broken, don't

Kadena Base Bulletin

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Holiday Safety Message 2011

Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Chief Master Sgt. James A. Roy, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, send out a holiday safety message to all Airmen stationed at Kadena Air Base. To view the message, click here.

33rd HMU conducts first HH-60 phase inspection on Kadena in two years

Maintainers assigned to the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit recently stood up an inspection section and are currently conducting the first HH-60 600-hour phase inspection accomplished on Kadena in two years. The inspection was performed at Kimhae Air Base near Pusan, South Korea, for the last two