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Tony Horton visits Kadena for ‘Ripped and Ready Tour’

Staff Sgt. Robert Colliton, 18th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance, escape (SERE) specialist, trains Tony Horton, creator of the fitness program, P90X, on proper parachuting techniques before his F-15 incentive flight, Jan. 29. Mr. Horton visited Kadena to put on an extreme fitness clinic at the Risner Fitness Center earlier that morning, as part of Armed Forces Entertainment’s “Ripped and Ready Tour” to promote physical fitness for service members and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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Week in photos

Lt. Col. Robert Pekarek, chief of 18th Wing Safety, presents Master Sgt. Richard Mathis, Flight Safety superintendent, with his retirement pin at Kadena Air Base Jan. 28. (U.S. Air Force photo/Junko Kinjo)
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Kadena firefighters train during LORE

Firemen from Kadena's 18th Civil Engineer Squadron drag a fire hose into a simulated burning aircraft during Beverly High 11-02, a local operational readiness exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19. Kadena's firemen, security forces, and flight medicine personnel worked together during the simulation to save the lives of the acting victims aboard the aircraft. (Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Maeson L. Elleman)
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Kadena civil engineers receive AF level awards

Staff Sgt. Jason Vick, a member of the18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Operations Flight, clamps down a piece of angle iron for welding, Jan 10. The Operations Flight was recently awarded the 2010 Major General Clifton D. Wright Award, which recognizes the most outstanding CE Operations Flight in the performance of quality maintenance, repair, and improvement of installation facilities and infrastructure. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Kadena civil engineers receive AF level awards

Airman 1st Class Terence Myers, a member of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Operations Flight, brazes a copper bypass-line that will be installed into a liquid chiller at the Navy communication facility, Jan 10. The Operations Flight was recently awarded the 2010 Major General Clifton D. Wright Award for their outstanding accomplishments in 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Team Kadena works 'behind the scenes' for sister service

Airman 1st Class Jess Dureza, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, walks down the stairs leading to an airliner full of Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force on Kadena's flight line Jan 6. The Air Force provided the 3,000 Marines from the 3rd MEF with lodging, dining facilities, transportation and other services, in support of their movement through Kadena's Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Team Kadena works 'behind the scenes' for sister service

Staff Sgt. Samuel Owens, 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, guides a Boeing 747 full of Marines from the 3rd Marines Expeditionary Force onto Kadena's flight line Jan. 6. The Airmen from the 733rd AMS and 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron, Installation Deployment Readiness Cell, coordinated the Marines' movement through the base by providing lodging, transportation, dining facilities and other services. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Team Kadena works 'behind the scenes' for sister service

Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force unload from a Boeing 747 on Kadena's flight line Jan. 6. The Air Force provided the 3,000 Marines from the 3rd MEF with lodging, dining facilities, transportation and other services, in support of their movement through Kadena's Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Steffen)
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Gen. North visits Kadena Air Base

Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, watches a patient care in-flight demonstration performed by Maj. Stephanie Isaac-Francis,and Staff Sgt. Jay Bowling, both with the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, during his visit to Kadena Air Base Jan. 10. This demonstration showed General North how the 18th AES provides medical support for patients while onboard an aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)
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National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

Tech. Sgt. Derrick Wilcox, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron maintenance supply liaison, tries to walk in a straight line while wearing .25 blood alcohol content level drunk goggles during an outreach event for National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month at Kadena Air Base, Dec. 15. During the event, 18th Wing personnel wore the goggles and tried riding a bike around cones, walking in a straight line and shooting a basketball into a hoop, all to learn how difficult it is to perform typically simple tasks while under the influence. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)
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Kadena Airmen return from Afghanistan

Capt. Marcus Maris, flight commander with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, hugs his daughter Lucy, 5, after returning to Kadena, Dec. 9, from a deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Captain Maris and other Airmen from the 33rd RQS and 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit were welcomed home from the three and a half month deployment by family, friends and coworkers. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alesia D. Goosic)
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Kadena Airmen return from Afghanistan

Capt. Marcus Maris, flight commander with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, was reunited with his wife Heather and daughters Lola and Lucy after returning from a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Dec. 9. Captain Maris and 74 other Airmen from the 33rd RQS and 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit were deployed to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alesia D. Goosic)
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Rescue personnel return from Afghanistan

Capt. Marcus Maris, the bravo flight commander with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, speaks with his wife Heather Maris and son George Maris at Kadena Air Base after returning from a deployment to Afghanistan, Dec. 9. The crews of the squadron flew 270 combat sorties, logging 148 U.S. and coalition saves and assists on this last three month deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)
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185th ARS works hand in hand with the 909th during Keen Sword

Lt.Col. Ken Carmichael (left) and Lt. Col. Cam Sanders, both pilots with the 185th Air Refueling Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, Tinker Air Force Base discuss the overall flight plan during the Keen Sword exercise here at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8. Scheduled for December 3-10, Keen Sword 2011 is the tenth joint-bilateral field training exercise since 1986 involving Japan Self-Defense Forces and United States military forces and will cap the 50th anniversary of the Japan-U.S. alliance as an "alliance of equals". ( U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Keen Sword Exercise

(From left to right) Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett, a flight engineer for the 33rd Rescue Squadron and Senior Airman Issac Meese, a pararescueman for the 31st Rescue Squadron, perform a simulated rescue during the Keen Sword exercise here at Kadena Air Base Dec. 6. Keen Sword 2011 includes an estimated 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Significant training events during Keen Sword 2011 will include integrated air and missile defense, base security and force protection, search and rescue, close air support, live-fire training, and maritime defense and interdiction. ( U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Keen Sword Exercise

(From left to right) Senior Airman Nicholas Robillard, a pararescuman from the 31st Rescue Squadron and Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett, a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron hoist a simulated water survivor on to an HH-60 during the Keen Sword exercise Dec. 6. Exercises such as Keen Sword provide an indispensable field training environment for enhancing mutual understanding of each country's tactics, communication protocols, procedures, and general interoperability.( U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Keen Sword Exercise

Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett, a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, lowers a stokes down into the waiting hands of the pararescuemen below during the Keen Sword exercise here at Kadena Air Base, Dec. 6. Keen Sword 2011 will include an estimated 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Significant training events during Keen Sword 2011 will include integrated air and missile defense, base security and force protection, search and rescue, close air support, live-fire training, and maritime defense and interdiction. ( U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Keen Sword Exercise

Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett, a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, performs simulated rescue techniques during the Keen Sword exercise here at Kadena Air Base, Dec. 6. A large and complex exercise, Keen Sword 2011 involves joint U.S. forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces from all components of both militaries training to conduct bilateral operations in support of the defense of Japan. ( U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Keen Sword Exercise

Senior Airman Jeremy Garrett, a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, prepares to perform a simulated rescue during the Keen Sword exercise here at Kadena Air Base Dec 6. A large and complex exercise, Keen Sword 2011 involves joint U.S. forces and Japan Self-Defense Forces from all components of both militaries training to conduct bilateral operations in support of the defense of Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Lakisha A. Croley)
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Airmen honored for most meritorious flight

Capt. Robert Rosebrough, 1st Lt. Luke Will, Master Sgt. Dustin Thomas and Staff Sgt. Tim Philpott, all members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, were presented the 2009 Mackay Trophy during the National Aeronautic Association Fall Awards Banquet in Arlington, Va. Nov. 8. They received the award for flying an HH-60G Pavehawk under fire during rescue operations near Frontenac Forward Operating Base, Afghanistan on July 29, 2009. (Courtesy photo by National Aeronautic Association)
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