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  • Kadena sends first US Airman to Singaporean Leadership School

    A Kadena Air Base senior NCO recently made history, becoming the first U.S. Airman to attend the advanced leadership program at Singapore's Armed Forces Warrant Officer School. Senior Master Sgt. David Duncan, director of operations at Kadena's Erwin Professional Military Education Center, is not

  • Kadena NCO Academy trains joint partners

    The Erwin Professional Military Education Center's NCO Academy bridged culture gaps of more than one kind recently as it graduated two Japan Air Self Defense Force NCOs as well as noncoms from each of the three sister U.S. military services. The PME center, which routinely educates JASDF and sister

  • Coming Feb. 22, single 800 number for all Airmen

    Members of the Total Force - regular Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, civilian and retired Airmen - are on line to have one central phone number for help with their personnel questions starting at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time Feb. 22. Members of the Air Force community should call

  • Review assembles C-17 community to plan improvements

    Alaska's austere conditions pose challenges for people, animals and equipment. A multi-national collection of senior military officials associated with the C-17 program gathered here to share concerns about the aircraft. The C-17 Executive Program Management Review was held at the Susitna Club with

  • Cope North 09-1 comes to end

    U.S. and Japanese forces completed an annual two-week bilateral exercise Feb. 14, that was designed to increase interoperability between the two nations. Cope North 09-1 is a Pacific-Command sponsored exercise that was designed and developed by 13th Air Force, Detachment 1, to increase combat

  • Samurai Warriors deploy to support freedom

    Sixteen Airmen from Yokota's 36th Airlift Squadron deployed from here Feb. 11 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The squadron will be supporting OIF by carrying cargo and personnel to other bases during the  four-month-long deployment. ," "This deployment is equally exciting as my first," said

  • 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron returns from Antarctica

    Kadena's 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron traded in the sub-tropical warmth of Okinawa for the sub-zero cold of Antarctica to conduct 21 medical evacuation missions over a three-month period. Six Kadena Airmen deployed to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, experiencing life at the bottom of the world

  • U.S. commitment to Pacific region showcased in India

    About 150 U.S. military personnel and Department of Defense civilians are among the thousands of people from around the globe taking part in the Aero India 09 air show here. A cross-section of U.S. military aircraft and equipment, including the C-17 Globemaster III, C-130J Hercules, F-16 Fighting