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  • COMPACAF: Team Kadena critical to regional security and stability

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., Pacific Air Forces commander, visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 22, 2018, to familiarize himself with the 18th Wing’s mission, present his expectations for the Pacific Air Forces and emphasize the importance of Team Kadena’s role in ensuring regional

  • Aircraft don’t run on hopes and dreams

    Anyone who has a car understands the importance of having a full tank of clean, reliable gas. For Kadena Air Base, an organization responsible for defending nations and providing worldwide humanitarian relief, the same rules apply. That's where unit's like the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron's

  • Alpha Warrior Fitness Challenge tests warrior strength

    As part of the Air Force’s fitness initiative, the 18th Force Support Squadron hosted the Alpha Warrior fitness challenge July 28, at the Risner Fitness Center.The challenge was hosted on the ‘battle rig’, a course designed using equipment similar to that of a popular obstacle competition television

  • Gathering the tools to lead

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Kadena Air Base hosted its first Squadron Superintendent Course for approximately a dozen senior noncommissioned officers, March 11 through 14. Senior NCOs from different squadrons under the 18th Wing attended the two-and-a-half-day course to develop themselves for future or

  • Midnight Maintainers

    For many, the setting sun marks the end of a day at work and the start of a good night’s rest. For swing shift aircraft maintainers, however, they’re only getting started as they expose internal wiring and cables of F-15 Eagles for a long night of non-stop service and repairs.Maintainers of the 67th

  • Firefighters Take on the Tower

    Sirens and alarms assaulted the senses inside the claustrophobic stairwell of the 13-floor tower as firefighters raced to the top, donning 60 pounds of protective gear in addition to hoses, chairs , axes, and tools. With the deep hiss of each breath from respirator masks, every laborious heave of