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  • Airmen attend KLI Halloween culture exchange

    18th Wing volunteers attended a Halloween-themed cultural exchange event with Kadena Language Institute students, helping them expand their English skills and strengthening relations with the neighboring community.

  • Fire Prevention Week

    During Fire Prevention Week the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron hosted multiple events as part of the annual observance aimed at raising awareness of fire safety and how to properly contact emergency services.

  • 721st CRS train MRA concepts on Kadena HH-60Ws

    Airmen from the 721st Contingency Response Squadron, Travis Air Force Base visited Kadena on a mission-ready airmen event to become more experienced with the HH-60W, on Sept. 23, 2024.

  • Kadena produces airpower during Shogun Shield

    Mission ready Airmen executed an agile combat employment exercise, Shogun Shield, Sept. 18, 2024. During the spoke exercise, Airmen trained to be more productive on discreet, wartime tasks that would reduce the number of Airmen in harm’s way in austere environments.

  • 319th ERS change of command

    The 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron held a change of command ceremony, bidding farewell to Lt. Col. Jordan Smith and welcoming in Lt. Col. Christopher Saltares as their new commander.

  • Kadena hosts SNCO Induction Ceremony

    U.S. Air Force senior noncommissioned officer inductees, friends, families and 18th Wing leadership attended the SNCO Induction Ceremony at Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 26, 2024. The event was held to recognize those who have excelled in the performance of their duties and have risen the ranks of

  • Military community harvests with locals

    The Wired Bean hosted a volunteer event for military community members to help locals bundle vetiver in preparation for the Okinawa tug-of-war. In the coming months, the vetiver will be used to construct the rope at another location.

  • 909th ARS keeps Green Knights flying during KFT 24

    A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, conducts aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, during Korea Flying Training 24 over the Republic

  • Kadena conducts bilateral aircraft mishap exercise

    18th Wing and Okinawan emergencies responders participated in a bilateral aircraft mishap response field exercise at Kadena Marina, Japan, March 21, 2024. Exercises like these improve interoperability and readiness for real-world emergencies, maintaining readiness to respond rapidly to any threat,

  • Focus: True North social worker breaks world record

    Ian Bell, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron True North social worker and powerlifter combines physical and mental rehabilitation after an injury during a powerlifting competition and becomes the International Powerlifting Federation Equipped Deadlift World Record holder. Now at Kadena Air Base,

  • Kadena hosts MLK Speech Competition

    U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Winsome Culley, Force Support Squadron Career Assistance Advisor, informs the judges on the rules of the Kadena Air Base Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Competition and how the scoring and time system will work at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2024. Martin

  • 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.

  • Bilateral Tactics Exchange kicks off at Kadena

    Japan Aerial Self-Defense Force, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps Service members meet together at Kadena Air Base for the Okinawa Bilateral Tactics Exchange conference for a better understanding of the capabilities held by each others armed forces, as well as improving relations between the