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  • Team Kadena kicks off local readiness exercise

    Team Kadena is participating in Beverly High 11-02, a Local Operational Readiness Exercise being held here through the end of the week. The LORE tests the base's ability to defend Japan and maintain peace and stability in the Pacific region.

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration hosted at Yokota

    Members from across Team Yokota gathered at the Taiyo Community Center on Jan. 13 to remember and celebrate the life and impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.The event included a play performed by members of Yokota High School's drama club and awards for poetry and picture contests.Col. Otto

  • Air Force officials automate active-duty assignment notifications

    Air Force officials are automating active-duty assignment notifications for Airmen in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and below beginning Jan. 21. Airmen will receive an e-mail notification about their new assignments and have seven days to acknowledge their assignments through the Virtual Military

  • Hickam aircrew maximizes training in Guam

    It took 23 passes over designated drops zones and a 12-hour tactical duty day of training to finish a single day of airdrop training in Guam.An Aircrew from the 535th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, dropped four training pallets, five container delivery system bundles,

  • Keeping Misawa connected across the globe, from the sky

    When some people think of satellite communications, they may think of their television provider or being contacted by aliens through the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Program.  When it comes to Misawa Air Base's Satellite Communication maintainers, however, their mission is more

  • Kadena Civil Engineers bring home three Air Force level awards

    Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Group received three "Best in the Air Force" awards for their accomplishments in 2010, here. The 18th CEG, which is comprised of the 18th and 718th Civil Engineer Squadrons, was awarded the Major General Clifton D. Wright Award, the Harry P. Rietman Award and the

  • Kadena Airmen work 'behind the scenes' for sister service

    Airmen from the 18th Logistic Readiness Squadron worked behind the scenes to make the movement possible of more than 3,000 deploying Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Jan 6, here.In a typical month, Kadena Air Base receives anywhere from 75 to 140 military personnel and various

  • Wolf Pack members take flight in Army Black Hawk

    Wolf Pack members experienced first-hand what flying in a rotary-wing aircraft feels like when Soldiers from the 2-2 Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, at Camp Humphreys brought a UH-60 Black Hawk to Kunsan Air Base Jan. 7.Army Capt. Lee Jin, 8th Fighter Wing ground liaison officer,

  • Kadena varisty basketball team "Best in Pacific"

    The Kadena Falcons men's varsity basketball team was crowned champions of the Pacific as they defeated the home favorite, Osan Defenders, 92-82 in the championship game of the 25th Annual Pacific Air Forces Christmas Tournament last month at Osan Air Base, Korea. On Jan. 8, they continued their

  • P3s relocation to 15th Wing eased by move to joint basing

    About 10 U.S. Navy P-3 Orion aircraft normally operating from Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, have found a temporary home on the 15th Wing's flightline here.The P-3s, which are part of the Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two at MCBH, are now at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam due to runway