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  • U.S. service members participate in joint training on Kadena Air Base, Japan.

    Joint training fuels Air Force, Marine synergy

    U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Thom Saintelus, a fuels distribution operator from the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight, operates an R-11 fuel truck during joint training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2021. The fuel truck, which can hold up to 6,000 gallons of fuel, was used to fill two fuel bladders. This joint
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Bryan Orozco, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron mission generation equipment vehicle maintenance journeyman, and Tech. Sgt. Justin Petty, 18th LRS allied trades non-commissioned officer in charge, display a coin presented by Maj. Gen. Timothy Green, the Air Force director of civil engineers, to Petty for his development of a new airfield damage repair anti-corrosion program July 7, 2016. Petty attributes his credit to the Airmen under his charge, who executed the program successfully, setting a new Air Force-wide standard in anti-corrosion maintenance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Peter Reft) (This image was enhanced using multiple filters and dodging and burning techniques)

    Corrosion Control

    Okinawa’s sub-tropical climate exposes airfield damage repair (ADR) assets to year-round rainfall, high humidity, thunderstorms and typhoons, placing Kadena in fourth place for the U.S. Air Force’s top bases for corrosive climates. With a $15 million ADR vehicle on the line, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron chiefs tasked Tech. Sgt. Justin Petty with developing a new cost-effective anti-corrosion program.
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