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  • From stockpile to safe: Kadena EOD executes controlled demolition

    U.S Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron conducted a scheduled controlled detonation to safely dispose of unusable and recovered munitions at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 18, 2025, reinforcing readiness while reducing hazardous stockpiles on base.

  • 5th Air Force command visits Kadena

    5th Air Force leadership attended the Kadena Special Olympics and visited various facilities on Kadena. During their visit, they spoke with volunteers, athletes, service members and facility managers to discuss operations and recognize service members for their hard work at Kadena.

  • Kadena celebrates chief selects

    18th Wing leadership congratulated Chief Master Sergeant selects throughout Kadena for promoting to the highest enlisted rank. Leaders must empower Airmen by providing clear intent, trust, delegation and resourcing to deliver new solutions to tough problems.

  • 18th MXG fuels training leaves no man behind

    353rd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fuel systems craftsman conduct a fuel systems confined space extraction. Confined space exercises are required because maintainers working on the fuel cell interiors may become stuck or pass out and need extraction.

  • Kadena hosts joint active shooter exercise

    The 18th Security Force Squadron, U.S. Army Green Beret assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and U.S. Navy Seals conducted a joint operation active shooter exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 20, 2023. Exercises like these allow joint forces to increase

  • NFL Salute to Service comes to Kadena

    Roquan Smith breaks a huddle with football camp participants during a visit to Kadena Air Base, June 23, 2023. Smith and Jonathan Abram visited Kadena as part of the National Football League’s “Salute to Service” program in coordination with the United Service Organizations to visit Airmen and learn

  • 909th ARS Refuels Eagles

    The 909th Air Refueling Squadron supported F-15C Eagles by providing aerial refueling. The 909 ARS provides combat-ready KC-135 and crew to support peacetime operations and all levels of conflict in the Indo-Pacific theater.

  • Kadena Honors the Fallen on the 20 Year Anniversary of 9/11

    Members from Team Kadena attended the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony held at Kadena Air Base, Sept. 10, 2021. The 18th Wing remembers the victims, first responders and service members whose lives were lost due to the terrorist attacks that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.

  • Airfield Exercise Boosts US-JPN Alliance

    Airmen from the U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force huddle up prior to a rapid airfield damage repair exercise Aug. 30, 2019, at Naha Air Base, Japan. The exercise was part of a week-long bilateral partnership-building program, enhancing interoperability and preparedness between the two

  • USFJ sets new alcohol limits for on-base driving

    New changes to a U.S. Forces, Japan, regulation will impact how much alcohol drivers on U.S. installations can have in their bloodstreams and still be considered fit to drive.The new policy, which goes into effect Monday, establishes a .03 Blood Alcohol Content standard for all drivers on U.S.

  • RIP roaring and ready to go

    Participants in the running improvement program woke before sunrise March 18 and gathered at the Risner Fitness Center track as the final step in their eight-week long journey to get faster.RIP began in 2011 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, where a group of runners and an exercise physiologist at

  • Naha AB airmen train with Team Kadena firefighters

    A 64-mile long, ten-mile wide island occupied by 1.4 million souls leaves zero margin for error with Japanese and U.S. aircraft in the event of an inflight emergency requiring immediate landing procedures.  Naha Air base and Kadena Air Base aircrews train together to ensure the safety of Okinawan

  • ALS Class 16-C graduates

    During an Airman Leadership School graduation March 24, at the Kadena Officer's Club, 58 Airmen took the next step toward becoming future NCOs and better leaders.Congratulations to the following graduates of ALS Class 16-C:John L. Levitow AwardSenior Airman Brittany Eley, 18th Communications