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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, left, sits with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, 18th Wing commander, U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Brandon Wolfgang, 18th Wing command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. Shaun Hardy, 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit superintendent for an 18th Wing leadership discussion at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 29, 2024. Meyer had the chance to discuss with Evans on the workings of leadership, his experience as a Medal of Honor recipient, the differences in communication between sister services and different ways that leadership can be further developed.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer lays in the boom pod onboard a KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. Boom operators directly control the metal arm located in the rear of refueling aircraft, commonly known as the boom, to refuel joint and Allied aircraft in mid-air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, right, talks with members from the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on board a KC-135 Stratotanker at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. Airmen with the 18th AES must be prepared to administer care quickly and efficiently to help as many service members and civilians as possible during a mass casualty situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, center, listens to a brief by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Rogers, 909th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colby Nall, 909th AMU aerospace propulsion specialist, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. Boom operators directly control the metal arm located in the rear of refueling aircraft, commonly known as the boom, to refuel joint and Allied aircraft in mid-air. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, center, listens to a brief by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Rogers, 909th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colby Nall, 909th AMU aerospace propulsion specialist at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. Kadena serves as a hub for airpower in the Pacific, ensuring readiness to project force capabilities and provide support to regional allies and partners when necessary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, left, listens to a brief by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Sarna, 961st Aircraft Maintenance Unit E-3 C4ISR maintainer, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danielle Shovan, 961st AMU crew chief, underneath an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The E-3 provides necessary intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for Allied and partner forces to accomplish missions within the physically extensive and strategically complex Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, left, listens to an HH-60G Pave Hawk brief by U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Aguon, 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit crew chief, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The Pave Hawk is capable of conducting day or night personnel recovery operations in hostile environments and recovering isolated personnel in austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, left, speaks with U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cameron Young, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cheavin Kim and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Javanni Roman, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The conversation helped Meyer familiarize himself with the workings of the F-15C and how it helped ensure air superiority throughout its time in service maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, left, sits in an F-15C Eagle cockpit as he listens to a brief by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cameron Young, center, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Javanni Roman, 18th AMS crew chief, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 28, 2024. The brief helped Meyer familiarize himself with the workings of the F-15C and how it helped ensure air superiority throughout its time in service maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron takes off at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. The 31st RQS and 33rd RQS provide Kadena with alternative ways to rescue and operate in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer accompanies U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron and the 31st RQS on board an HH-60G Pave Hawk during a rescue training mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024.The 33rd RQS maintains readiness for the mobilization, deployment and employment of helicopters, as well as the rescue of civilian personnel, U.S. and allied military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman, left, assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron, and Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer observe a HH-60G Pave Hawk, assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. The 33rd RQS maintains readiness for the mobilization, deployment and employment of helicopters, as well as the rescue of civilian personnel, U.S. and allied military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer speaks to a group of junior enlisted Airmen during a leadership open forum at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on Sept. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer visits Kadena

Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer speaks to Airman Leadership School and Noncommissioned Officer Academy students, during a leadership open forum at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on Sept. 8, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Melany Bermudez)
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1st Special Operations Squadron honors STRAY 59

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron hold a memorial ceremony to pay respect to those lost during STRAY 59’s final flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. The Airmen honored those who were lost when a 1st SOS MC-130E Combat Talon I, call sign STRAY 59, crashed 43 years ago during an exercise, leading to the loss of 23 service members from the U.S., Philippine Navy, Australian Special Air Service Regiment, and New Zealand Special Air Service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Luis E. Rios Calderon)
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1st Special Operations Squadron honors STRAY 59

A memorial box rests on the counter in the 1st Special Operations Squadron heritage room during the annual STRAY 59 memorial flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. The memorial box was dropped over the approximate area where an MC-130E, assigned to the 1st SOS, call sign STRAY 59, crashed in 1981 during Special Warfare Exercise 81. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Luis E. Rios Calderon)
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1st Special Operations Squadron honors STRAY 59

Portraits of service members lost during STRAY 59’s final flight are displayed during a memorial ceremony held in the 1st Special Operation Squadron heritage room at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. The ceremony honored those who were lost when a 1st SOS MC-130E Combat Talon I, call sign STRAY 59, crashed 43 years ago during an exercise; leading to the loss of 23 service members from the U.S., Philippine Navy, Australian Special Air Service Regiment, and New Zealand Special Air Service. (U.S. Air Force photo by Luis E. Rios Calderon)
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HH-60W Jolly Green II's first flight at Kadena

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. John Walkup, left, 33rd Rescue Squadron special mission aviator , U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Aloyo, SMA instructor, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shelby ‘Scar’ Duncan, 33rd RQS SMA, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Louis ‘Shiner’ Nolting, 33rd RQS commander, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Brian Rhoades, right, 33rd RQS combat rescue helicopter team lead, stand in front of an HH-60W Jolly Green II after operating the aircrafts first flight at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Redin)
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HH-60W Jolly Green II's first flight at Kadena

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Shelby ,’Scar’ Duncan, 33rd Rescue Squadron special mission aviator, assists her counterpart with a training exercise on an HH-60W Jolly Green II over Kadena Air Base, Feb. 27, 2024. SMA’s conduct several types of support during training missions, including acting as an additional navigator for the pilots and an instructor for their fellow SMA. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Redin)
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HH-60W Jolly Green II's first flight at Kadena

An HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron stops for a training exercise off the coast of Okinawa during the first flight of a Jolly Green II at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. The HH-60W is the successor to the HH-60G Pave Hawk, and it is designed from the ground up with integrated mission systems. It also features new, multi-function displays to provide pilots with critical flight information. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Redin)
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