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  • Kadena KC-135s fuel Fighting Falcons

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, fly alongside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, over the Pacific Ocean, April 5, 2023. The U.S. is committed to denying

  • Space Force unveils Guardian Spirit handbook

    The Space Force released the Guardian Spirit handbook that provides guidance to Guardians on how to live the four Guardian values - Character, Connection, Commitment, Courage - in daily life.This document operationalizes how Space Force members can espouse the service’s second line of effort,

  • Next Gen Aircrew Protection arrives at Yokota

    Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Next Generation Aircrew Protection project visited 374th Airlift Wing leadership and 36th Airlift Squadron members to provide research data and demonstrate the results of the project for the first time on a C-130J Super Hercules at Yokota Air Base, March 30.

  • 8 FW Chapel ASIST’s Gwangju Airmen with suicide prevention training

    The 8th Fighter Wing chaplain corps conducted Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, a suicide prevention training at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, Mar. 30-31, 2023. The training brought together 19 Airmen from the 607th Materiel Maintenance Squadron, Detachment 1, to learn

  • B-52s Deploy to Andersen for Bomber Task Force Deployment

    A Bomber Task Force deployment of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, Airmen and support equipment from the 2D Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrived at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 30th, 2023 to support Pacific Air Forces’ training efforts with allies, partners, and joint

  • 18 CONS earns Best in PACAF

    From base landscaping to office computers, nearly everything found on Kadena flows through the 18th Contracting Squadron. In 2022 alone, the 18th CONS executed 392 contracting actions valued at over 170 million dollars, earning the unit Best Contracting Squadron in Pacific Air Forces. The 18th CONS

  • 3rd OSS tests landing zone capabilities at home, abroad

    In early March, the 3rd Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson sent personnel to participate in Exercise Agile Reaper 23-1 under the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing to test their capabilities in an environment unlike home-station. And for the first time ever in Alaska, on March