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  • Wolf Pack Airmen attend President Obama's Veterans Day speech

    More than 50 Wolf Pack Airmen equipped with coats and cameras boarded a bus at 3 a.m. Nov. 11 bound for U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan, Republic of Korea.The group braved the cold, three-plus-hour bus ride to take advantage of a rare opportunity to listen to President Barack Obama speak in person.U.S.

  • Team Kadena members perform FOD walk

    Members of Team Kadena performed a "Foreign Object Debris" walk of the North runway Nov. 12, 2010. Approximately 265 volunteers participated in the two-and-a-half mile FOD walk, and 10 pounds of debris was collected. Among the debris were 29 metallic and stone objects that could have caused millions

  • U.S., Japan prepare for exercise Keen Sword 2011

    U.S. military personnel will partner with Japanese Self-Defense Forces in Japan Dec. 3 through 10 to conduct joint-bilateral training during Exercise Keen Sword 2011. The Commander of 13th Air Force, Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, and Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, Chief of Staff, Japan Joint Staff will direct the

  • US, Singapore begin Commando Sling 11

    U.S and Republic of Singapore Air Force Airmen are currently training together at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, as part of exercise Commando Sling 11, which began with the first of three iterations Nov. 8 and will continue through Nov. 26. The exercise series runs from November 2010 through July

  • Instructors work at improving Airmens' aim

    "If you're one of my alibi shooters, here's your target."The saying is one every combat arms instructor knows and hates to say, said Air Force Staff Sgt. William Waidner, 673d Security Forces, combat arms instructor.Combat arms instructors realize nobody is going to be the perfect shooter, but many

  • Kadena Panthers wins unprecedented second DoDEA high school championship

    The Kadena High School Panthers made history after blowing out Yokota High School 50-23 during the Pacific Far East football championship Nov. 12.The team, which went undefeated for the second consecutive season, became the first team in Department of Defense Education Activity  to win the

  • PACAF command chief visits Kadena, meets with Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. Brooke McLean, Pacific Air Forces command chief master sergeant, visited Kadena from Oct. 6-9.During his visit to the base, Chief McLean attended the 11th Annual Kadena Special Olympics, visited several units around the base and shared key messages with Airmen."The main reason I

  • Col. Alan Kollien assumes command of 613th AOC

    Col. Allan Kollien assumed command of the 613th Air and Space Operations Center from Col. Wade Thompson during a ceremony here Nov. 10.Colonel Kollien was previously the 613th AOC vice commander.  As commander, he will now lead one of five AN/USQ-163 FALCONER weapon systems worldwide through which a

  • Kadena servicemembers commemorate Veterans Day

    As the notes of Taps played, hundreds of servicemembers from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan stood silent, waiting for that final tone and for the command of "dismissed" to be ordered.This sequence closed the 2010 Veteran's Day remembrance ceremony at the base flag pole in front of 18th Wing