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  • Kadena Military Working Dog team saves lives in Iraq

    A Kadena Airman and his military working dog recently returned from a four-month deployment to Baghdad where they saved lives by locating improvised explosives and weapons caches. Staff Sgt. Joseph Branch, a 10-year Air Force veteran from the 18th Security Forces Squadron, and Nemo, his

  • Misawa families cook up friendships with Japanese women

    Misawa families here opened up their homes and kitchens to more than 80 Japanese women March 4. The women, members of the Tohoku Health and Diet Improvement Program, toured the base and visited residents' homes as part of a cultural exchange. "The Tohoku Health and Diet Improvement Program

  • Wolf takes KNP Chief for a ride

    The 8th Fighter Wing commander literally took Gunsan's Korean Nation Police Chief for a ride here March 4. Colonel J.D. "Wolf" Harris, invited Kim Myung Jung to Kunsan Air Base to familiarize him with the Wolf Pack mission and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Kunsan's Pilot for a Day program brings local

  • Kadena Deploys F-15s and personnel to Thailand for Exercise Cope Tiger

    The 18th Wing deployed 12 F-15 Eagles and about 170 Airmen to Thailand Monday to participate in exercise Cope Tiger 2009 from March 9-20. The F-15s from the 44th Fighter Squadron here will fly alongside their Thai Air Force counterparts as well as the Singaporean Air Force and other U.S. Air Force,

  • Kadena takes physical fitness to extreme

    Staff members from the 18th Force Support Squadron's Risner Fitness Center are helping Team Kadena take fitness to the extreme. Held three times a year by the fitness center staff, the Extreme Fitness Challenge gives people the opportunity to work with a personal trainer in a group setting and put

  • Successful Deep Freeze season comes to an end

    Another season of Department of Defense support to the U.S. Antarctic Program and National Science Foundation activities in Antarctica came to an end Feb. 28. The 2008-2009 season of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military's operational and logistical support of the NSF's scientific research

  • Kadena Airmen tutor students at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School

    Kadena Airmen are investing in the future by tutoring students at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School. The Department of Defense Education Activity asked schools in the Pacific region to develop a plan to help "at-risk" students succeed academically. The staff at DODEA decided to use its strong