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  • Kadena remembers 9/11

    Members of Team Kadena, to include Airmen, sailors, soldiers and Marines, spent the morning remembering those victims and first responders who died Sept. 11, 2001. Also recognized were those who have served in the military, whether deployed or at home station, since these events. Brig. Gen. Ken

  • Wolf Pack members remember 9/11 with Patriot Day Ceremony

    Members of the 8th Fighter Wing and the Republic of Korea Air Force 38th Fighter Group held a September 11 Patriot Day Ceremony here today to honor and remember those who were lost. A formation of 8th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, 8th Security Forces Squadron defenders, and 8th Medical Group

  • Brig. Gen and Mrs. Williams receive O'Malley Award

    Congratulations to Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Brett Williams, the former 18th Wing commander, who were informed yesterday that they are the 2009 recipients of the General and Mrs. Jerome F. O' Malley Award. This award recognizes the wing commander-and-spouse team whose contributions to the nation, Air

  • Medical exchange program benefits military, civilian community

    The 3rd Medical Group's Family Practice clinic here and Providence Alaska Medical Center are working together to bring more hands-on training to medical residents. The 3rd MDG began an exchange program with Providence to allow medical residents to come here and work alongside Air Force physicians.

  • Tacit farmers return to their roots at air base

    Life in Okinawa was difficult in the aftermath of World War II. For one Okinawan, recalling a single good memory from his childhood is a challenge. At the age of 13, Chosei Hamamoto was a boy with the skills of a soldier and little knowledge of books; in school, he learned to disable tanks. His

  • Kadena Airmen return from Guam

    Most of the Airmen sent here from Kadena Air Base, Japan, for a week-long test of the 18th Wing's deployment capabilities returned home Sept. 8. More than 100 maintenance, operations, and support personnel "deployed" to Guam Aug. 31 to exercise the 18th Wing's ability to send assembled teams of

  • Steal Wool band members continue tradition, jam for Wolf Pack

    Their mission -- strafing chords, lining up the melodies and dropping the munitions called music onto the friendlies, their fans. In a place called Delta, here at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, the punks rule and the bass reverberates on the walls, followed by the stomping and shouts of the