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909th ARS conducts training sortie

A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an F-15 Eagle during a training sortie near Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 27, 2012. The 909th Air Refueling Squadron provides combat ready KC-135 tanker aircrews to support peacetime operations in all levels of conflict in the Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tyler Prince)
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33rd RQS continues to hone their skills during PACIFIC THUNDER

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, Survival Evasion Resistance Escape specialist from the 18th Operation Support Squadron on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER Nov. 3 near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)
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33rd RQS continues to hone their skills during PACIFIC THUNDER

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Pete Ortiz Jr., 33rd Rescue Squadron director of operations on Kadena Air Base, Japan, is hoisted up to a rescue helicopter during exercise PACIFIC THUNDER Nov. 3 near Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. PACIFIC THUNDER is a 10-day exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9 at Osan AB. The exercise involves the 33rd Rescue Squadron from Kadena AB, Japan, and the 25th Fighter Squadron from Osan. These units work together to practice combat search and rescue tactics to prepare for real-world emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Angelique Bilog/released)
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red horse airmen repair base

Structures Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron prepare to lift a folded fiberglass mat to cover a crater made for the Airmen to practice airfield repair on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 27. The fiberglass mats protect aircraft from foreign object damage when they land on new or repaired airfields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brooke P. Beers/Released)
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Rescue training

Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, jumps into the ocean during a joint field training exercise off the coast of Okinawa Sept. 1. The commander participated in the exercise with members from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons to get a first-hand experience of water survival, search and rescue, close air support, and maritime defense and interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jarvie Z. Wallace)
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Rescue training

Staff Sgt. Jacob Schaumberg, 31st Rescue Squadron pararescueman, is hoisted up onboard an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter by Master Sgt. John Durbin, 33rd Rescue Squadron flight engineer and squadron superintendent, during a joint field training exercise off the coast of Okinawa Sept. 1. Members from the two squadrons trained together on water survival, search and rescue, close air support, and maritime defense and interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jarvie Z. Wallace)
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Local Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly High 11-6

Capt. Travis Epp, 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 pilot, assists fellow aircrew members into a life raft during a water survival refresher course Aug. 11 at the Kadena Marina in Okinawa, Japan. The aircrew members train with a survival kit similar to those located on their aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Tara A. Williamson)
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Bioenvironmental techs train on contamination detection

Senior Airman Jose Cardoza (right) performs a buddy check on Staff Sgt. Brandon Kamai during Beverly High 11-6, a Local Operational Readiness Exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11. During the exercise, Airmen were tested during numerous scenarios such as decontamination training and self-aid and buddy care. Cardoza and Kamai are both Bioenvironmental Engineering technicians from the 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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33rd and 31st RQS participate in Joint Field FTX

United States Air Force pararescuemen Staff Sgt. Jacob Schaumberg with the 31st Rescue Squadron rescues 1st Lt. Brandon Rice, a simulated victim with the 33rd Rescue Squadron as part of a joint field exercise here at Okinawa, April 27. This year?s FTX scenario involved a US Navy helicopter on a Community Relations mission to Ie Shima (United States Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Kadena Airmen prepare for Balikatan

Airman 1st Class Jose Soto, a vehicle operator with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, secures a cargo shipment in preparation for Balikatan at Kadena Air Base Feb. 24. Balikatan is an annual joint bilateral exercise between the U.S. military and the Philippine military designed to improve combined planning, combat readiness and interoperability for a wide range of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jarvie Z. Wallace)
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ATR ends

Lt. Col. James Sukenik, 67th Fighter Squadron director of operations, takes off from Hyakuri Air Base in Japan concluding the week's aviation training relocation. About 90 Airmen from Kadena spent the week at the base, about 70 miles north of Tokyo, to work and fly alongside the Japan Air Self Defense Force as well as lessen the number of flights flown from Kadena. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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ATR complete

Airmen from the Japan Air Self Defense Force line up along the flightline Feb. 5 to say good bye to Airmen from the 67th Fighter Squadron. More than 100 Japanese airmen were on hand for the farewell. The departure marked the end of the aviation training relocation held at Hyakuri Air Base, about 70 miles north of Tokyo. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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Successful ATR concludes

Senior Airman Henry Titmus, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepares to launch an F-15 as a Japanese F-4 Phantom II taxies in the background at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan. This salvo of aircraft brought the week's sortie total to 32. Maintenance crews achieved a 100-percent sortie generation rate for the aviation training relocation. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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JSC Tour, Feb 2010

Members of the 909th Aerial Refueling Squadron and the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron brief a group of students and instructors from the Japan Self Defense Force Joint Staff College about their respective missions at Kadena Air Base, Feb. 3. Approximately 60 senior officers, to include Lt. Gen. Takashi Watanabe, the commandant of the college, made the trip from Tokyo to Kadena as part of JSDF's year-long advanced professional military education program. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Christopher Hummel)
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Wednesday at the ATR

Capt. David Vincent, a pilot with the 67th Fighter Squadron, takes off Feb. 3 at Hyakuri Air Base. This was the third straight day of operations from the Japanese base as part of an aviation training relocation. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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Firefighters at ATR

Firefighters from the Japan Air Self Defense Force work to extinguish a controlled blaze Feb. 3 at Hyakuri Air Base. Two Kadena firefighters are working alongside their JASDF counterparts to exchange information and learn how the Japanese perform fire protection duties. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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Kadena Airmen visit school

Airman 1st Class Edward Rand, 18th Security Forces Squadron, towers over students from Runbini Kindergarten near Hyakuri Air Base Feb. 1. A dozen Kadena Airmen visited the school while operating from the Japanese air base. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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ATR kicks off

Lt. Col. James Sukenik, 67th Fighter Squadron director of operations, addresses members of the Japanese media Feb. 1 at Hyakuri Air Base, about 70 miles north of Tokyo. Lt. Col. Sukenik is leading a team of almost 100 Kadena Airmen at the Japanese air base as part of an aviation training relocation. The ATR is designedto enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japanese air forces while reducing aircraft noise at Kadena in Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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ATR kicks off

Maj. Tom Hunt, a pilot from the 67th Fighter Squadron and flight lead for the morning's first "go," takes off from Hyakuri Air Base Feb. 1 during an aviation training relocation. Almost 100 Kadena Airmen are operating alongside their Japanese counterparts for the week to enhance the interoperability of the two nation's air forces for the common defense of Japan, as well as to reduce some of the flights and associated noise in Okinawa. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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ATR kicks off

Airman 1st Class Eldridge Rouse, a crew chief from the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, checks forms before the morning's first "go" Feb. 1 at Hyakuri Air Base, about 70 miles north of Tokyo. Airmen from the 18th Wing are operating from the Japanese base as part of an aviation training relocation. (U.S. Air Force photo / 1st Lt. Bryan Bouchard)
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