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U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadon life support technicians SENIOR Airmen Brandy Walker (left), and Patrina Fonville (right), examine survival equipment from a 20-man life raft kit at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Oct. 8, 2004.  (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadon life support technician...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepare to taxi out for a mission during exercise Keen Sword 2005 at Hyakuri Air Base, Japan, on Nov. 18, 2004. Keen Sword is designed to further increase the defensive readiness of Japanese and American forces through training in air, ground, and sea operation. (USAF PHOTO by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft from the 67th Fighter Squadron, Kad...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hyakuri Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Tiffany Croskey, from the 18th Medical Support Squadron, places blood samples inside a large centrifuge at the laboratory at the hospital at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Dec. 13, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by AIRMAN Stephanie Sinclair) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Tiffany Croskey, from the 18th Medical Suppo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: AMN Stephanie Sinclair, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Virgil Smith, a life support apprentice from the 44th Fighter Squadron, installs brackets on an HGU 55/P helmet at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Dec. 13, 2004. The brackets are part of a clip that are used to hold night vision goggles in place on the helmets. (USAF PHOTO by SENIOR AIRMAN Tamica R. Phillips) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Virgil Smith, a life support apprentic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Tamica R. Philipps, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Elizabeth Varney and AIRMAN 1ST Class Patrick Adams, both survival equipment apprentices from the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, inspect and pack back automatic parachutes at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Dec. 13, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Chenzira Mallory) (Released)

U.S. Air Force AIRMAN 1ST Class Elizabeth Varney and AIRMAN 1ST Class ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Chenzira Mallory, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen, from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, place nets on a cargo pallet of Meals Ready to Eat (MRE) bound for Southeast Asia as part of tsunami relief operations at Kadena Air Base, Japan on Dec. 28, 2004. The Airmen are bound for Southeast Asia as part of a disaster relief operation following a 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia causing a tsunami that have affected 12 countries and has killed at least 100,000 people. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Richard Freeland) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen, from the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron, place net...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Richard Freeland, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combin... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen, from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, load an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter, from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., during Operation Unified Assistance at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 3, 2004. More than 18,000 U.S. military personnel are providing humanitarian assistance in Southwest Asia after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered devastating tsunamis that killed over 250,000 people in the region. (USAF PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Heather Tower) (Released)

U.S. Air Force Airmen, from the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, load a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Tower, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Tsunami victims prepare to board a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from Kadena Air Base, Japan, during Operation Unified Assistance at Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Jan. 6, 2005. Operation Unified Assistance is the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck countries in Southeast Asia on Dec. 26, 2004. Some 20 U.S. Navy vessels are in the region and 85 U.S. military aircraft are working to deliver supplies to the survivors. (USAF photo by TECH. SGT John M. Foster) (Released)

Tsunami victims prepare to board a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John M. Foster, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

U.S. Air Force 18th Medical Operation Squadron MASTER SGT. Carlo Padua, Non Commissioned Officer in Charge of Immunization at the Pediatric Clinic, gives a flu shot to 10 year old Dillian Speight at Kadena, Air Base, Japan, on Jan. 19, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Jeremy McGuffin) (Released)

U.S. Air Force 18th Medical Operation Squadron MASTER SGT. Carlo Padua...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeremy Mcguffin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin Keller, 18th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), armed with KAC 5.56 mm Modular Weapon System (MWS) SOPMOD (Special Operation Peculiar Modification) M4, keeps an eye out for enemy forces during an Urban Warfare exercise. The 18th SFS is undergoing several scenarios involving clearing buildings with enemy forces encamped during the exercise

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Kevin Keller, 18th Securi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeremy Mcgiffin, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Jeremy Cogar (back), Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1), strains as he and another NMCB-1 Seabee level freshly poured concrete at a construction site at Kadena Air Base (AB), Japan (JPN). The NMCB-1 Seabees are currently on a scheduled deployment in the Pacific Region

US Navy (USN) Builder Third Class (BU3) Jeremy Cogar (back), Naval Mob...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Chad Runge, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit... More

Timothy M. Black directs Kadena High School students

Timothy M. Black directs Kadena High School students

Timothy M. Black directs Kadena High School students during the 12th annual Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony Sept. 11 at the school auditorium on Kadena Air Base. The ceremony’s theme was “Because of the Brave”... More

U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps personnel load gear

U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps personnel load gear

U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps personnel load gear for a U.S. Pacific Command Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team onto a U.S. Marine Corps C-130 at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on April 29, 2015. The survey t... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Benjamin R. Ogden (right), the outgoing

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Benjamin R. Ogden (right), the outgoing

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Benjamin R. Ogden (right), the outgoing commander of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, passes the battalion colors to Brig. Gen. Er... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mathew Nevius, 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mathew Nevius, 1st Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Maj. Mathew Nevius, 1st Special Operations Squadron pilot, performs low-level maneuvers in an MC-130H Combat Talon II during exercise Talisman Sabre in Northern Territory, Australia, July 2, 2015... More

Sgt. Stephen Johnson executes a weighted squat during

Sgt. Stephen Johnson executes a weighted squat during

Sgt. Stephen Johnson executes a weighted squat during a morning workout Aug. 28, in the Shogun CrossFit gym on Kadena Air Base. Johnson asked to be stationed in Okinawa in order to focus on training for the Cro... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Aaron Brooks, 18th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Aaron Brooks, 18th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Aaron Brooks, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, briefs Japan Air Self-Defense Force students from the 3rd Technical School on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 2, 2015. The 18th CES Ex... More

ADC: Defending those defending freedom

ADC: Defending those defending freedom

U.S. Air Force Capt. Yolanda Miller (left), Capt. Joseph Wise (center), area defense counselors, and Master Sgt. Stephanie Clark (right), Area Defense Counsel paralegal, make up the ADC team. The ADC is compris... More

18th MSG welcomes new commander

18th MSG welcomes new commander

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Barry Cornish, 18th Wing commander, passes the 18th Mission Support Group guidon to Col. Paul Oldham, 18th MSG commander, during a change of command ceremony, June 22, 2016, at Kadena ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Hilborn, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Hilborn, 44th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Hilborn, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, marshals in a 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle after returning from an exercise, Aug. 2, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Th... More

U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force service members look

U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force service members look

U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force service members look at different Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear equipment during the CBRN Exposition Nov. 17, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Service members fr... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Jason Garciadealba and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Jason Garciadealba and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Jason Garciadealba and Adrian Garrucho, 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit avionics technicians, check the avionics systems of an F-15 Eagle Jan. 10, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Av... More

Members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force learn about

Members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force learn about

Members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force learn about and handle different weapons during a tour of the Security Forces Squadron March. 14, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The JASDF security forces members t... More

Senior Airman Ruben Francis, 18th Comptroller Squadron

Senior Airman Ruben Francis, 18th Comptroller Squadron

Senior Airman Ruben Francis, 18th Comptroller Squadron customer service technician from Atlanta, Georgia, was selected as the 18th Wing’s Airman of the Week for the week of Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2019, at Kadena Air... More

U.S. Air Force colonels load munitions onto an F-15

U.S. Air Force colonels load munitions onto an F-15

U.S. Air Force colonels load munitions onto an F-15 Eagle during the Chiefs versus Eagles Weapons Loading Competition Jan. 3, 2018, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Each team had to load one AIM-9X heat seeking missi... More

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive

Yoshito Oshiro, 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron preventive medicine flight laboratory services chemist, gathers samples to be tested March 8, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The lab tests many elements found ... More

U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airmen maneuver during

U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airmen maneuver during

U.S. Air Force Security Forces Airmen maneuver during force-on-force training April 20, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The force-on-force trains SFS Airmen to observe and utilize their surroundings to move sa... More

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from

A local Okinawan attempt to remove a cement block from the entrance of their family tomb April 22, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Every year, families make their way on base to clean their family tombs and pa... More

Chief Petty Officer Johnmark Soriano was promoted in

Chief Petty Officer Johnmark Soriano was promoted in

Chief Petty Officer Johnmark Soriano was promoted in part of a 41-man promotion ceremony on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 14, 2018. Forty Sailors and one Marine from nearly every Navy and Marine Corps ... More

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International

A child observes festivities at the Okinawa International Carnival, Nov. 24, 2018, Okinawa City, Japan. The annual event helped showcase the partnership between the Okinawan people and the U.S. forces on island... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron and members of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force cut a piece of angular metal during a formal training exchange Feb. 14, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japa... More

Kadena Language Institute students and honorary guests

Kadena Language Institute students and honorary guests

Kadena Language Institute students and honorary guests take a commemorative photo during the 22nd Annual KLI Entrance Ceremony April 11, 2019, at the Kadena Rotary Town Plaza, Okinawa, Japan. The 18th Wing has ... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Marines participate

U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Marines participate

U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Marines participate in the Fallen/Suicide Law Enforcement Officer Ruck March on Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 15, 2019. The Airmen and Marines wear photos of fallen officers on thei... More

Capt. Clayton D. Gard III, Marine All-Weather Fighter

Capt. Clayton D. Gard III, Marine All-Weather Fighter

Capt. Clayton D. Gard III, Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 pilot, walks around a F/A-18D Hornet jet on the flightline here June 6 during final checks. Pilots spent the day flying to familiarize t... More

Rider coach candidates taught beginning riders about

Rider coach candidates taught beginning riders about

Rider coach candidates taught beginning riders about proper protective gear for motorcycles July 11 during a class at Kadena Air Base. Proper protective gear includes boots, gloves, helmets and long sleeves and... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, 18th Wing vice

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, 18th Wing vice

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, 18th Wing vice commander, speaks about the importance of becoming a noncommissioned officer to newly promoted staff sergeants during a quarterly noncommissioned officer induc... More

U.S. Army Col. Charlie Jenks, 351st Civil Affairs Command

U.S. Army Col. Charlie Jenks, 351st Civil Affairs Command

U.S. Army Col. Charlie Jenks, 351st Civil Affairs Command civil affairs planning team lead, hands a trunk to U.S. Marine Corps Private 1st Class Austin Cunningham, 3rd Transportation Spot Battalion landing supp... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott M. Dellinger, the incoming

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott M. Dellinger, the incoming

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Scott M. Dellinger, the incoming commander of 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, accepts the battalion colors from Brig. Gen. Eric L... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Cartwright, 18th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Cartwright, 18th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Cartwright, 18th Communications Squadron cable and antenna systems supervisor, expresses words of gratitude to members of the 18th CS after receiving a promotion under the Strip... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeromy Guinther, an 18th Aggressor

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeromy Guinther, an 18th Aggressor

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeromy Guinther, an 18th Aggressor Squadron pilot, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft May 4, 2016, over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-1... More

A bead breaking machine pushes on a tire that is about

A bead breaking machine pushes on a tire that is about

A bead breaking machine pushes on a tire that is about to be taken apart for cleaning and inspection Aug. 10, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The edge of the tire, known as the bead, can sometimes get stuck to... More

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 962nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspects an E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron during annual exercise Cope North Feb. 23, 2017, at Andersen Air Force Base, ... More

Members of the Keystone Club and Top 3 Okinawa Outreach

Members of the Keystone Club and Top 3 Okinawa Outreach

Members of the Keystone Club and Top 3 Okinawa Outreach discuss their progress in making an impact within their community 18, 2017, at the 18th Force Support Squadron Teen and Youth Sports Center on Kadena Air ... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron pararescuemen

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron pararescuemen

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron pararescuemen prepare a patient for medical evacuation during a simulated mass casualty scenario Jan. 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The purpose of the trainin... More

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness

A U.S. Air Force member of the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenic production plant, watches as a liquid oxygen cart is filled July 27, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th LRS cryogenic production... More

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle pilot, Kadena Air

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle pilot, Kadena Air

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle pilot, Kadena Air Base, Japan, prepares for a mission during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2019. RF-A provides training for deployed mainte... More

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 33rd Rescue

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron conduct pre-flight inspections and preparations on HH-60G Pave Hawks for a mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 25, 2019. The 33rd RQS Airmen trai... More

The 18th Wing and its joint partners executed the first

The 18th Wing and its joint partners executed the first

The 18th Wing and its joint partners executed the first WestPac Rumrunner exercise today, which focused on defensive counter air capabilities and joint interoperability using agile combat employment concepts. ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Weishuhn, 18th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Weishuhn, 18th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Weishuhn, 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron resource advisor, transports newly-acquired maintenance shorts to his squadron Jan. 14, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The short... More

U.S. Marines preform rescues during Water Survival

U.S. Marines preform rescues during Water Survival

U.S. Marines preform rescues during Water Survival Advanced (WSA) training at the Fairchild Pool at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. WSA training is designed to train Marines to be capable of re... More

A U.S. Air Force 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle

A U.S. Air Force 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle

A U.S. Air Force 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle departs for a training mission Sept. 14, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Team Kadena pilots train every day to ensure readiness and mission effectiveness to s... More

The Kadena Fire Department conducts a memorial service

The Kadena Fire Department conducts a memorial service

The Kadena Fire Department conducts a memorial service for a fallen firefighter, Airman 1st Class Derek Kozorosky at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 11, 2021. Kadena firefighters held an annual memorial service fo... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, the vice commander

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, the vice commander

U.S. Air Force Col. Brian McDaniel, the vice commander of 18th Wing and Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, the superintendent of the 18th Mission Support Group, carve turkeys for a Christmas Meal at the Marshal ... More

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander,

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander,

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, greets Capt. Paul Baker, 67th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle pilot, and his family on Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 8, 2013 after he returned from an eight... More

Tim Fullerton, Pratt and Whitney field representative

Tim Fullerton, Pratt and Whitney field representative

Tim Fullerton, Pratt and Whitney field representative and liaison for 18th Component Maintenance Squadron propulsion maintenance, teaches Caleb Silvers how to use a boroscope to look for problems inside an airc... More

U.S. military members, veterans and their families

U.S. military members, veterans and their families

U.S. military members, veterans and their families participate in the Veteran's Day Parade, Nov. 11, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Veteran’s Day Parades are celebrated across U.S. military stations both at h... More

Maintainers with the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit

Maintainers with the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit

Maintainers with the 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Unit go through a pre-flight checklist June 20, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The HH-60G Pave Hawk went on a training sortie in preparation for contingency op... More

Maintainers assigned to the 67th Aircraft Maintenance

Maintainers assigned to the 67th Aircraft Maintenance

Maintainers assigned to the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit tow F-15 Eagles into an aircraft hangar Aug. 24, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Swing shift maintainers service and repair all fighter aircraft every... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle assigned to the 44th Fighter Squadron takes off from the runway April 19, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. More than 10 F-15s from the 44th FS went to support Exercise Vigilant Ace i... More

Warrior Training Fitness workout attendees use the

Warrior Training Fitness workout attendees use the

Warrior Training Fitness workout attendees use the tire exercise station June 28, 2017, at the Risner Fitness and Sports Complex, Kadena Air Base, Japan. The workout consisted of multiple exercise stations that... More

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II sits loaded on the taxiway Jan. 30, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. For the first time in history, 10 F-35A Lightning IIs were loaded while at Kadena Air Base as part of an ... More

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run

Participants run during the Hope Glows 5k Color Run April 28, 2018 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The event featured a slip n' slide, black lights, UV color throw powder, and was to support Sexual Assault Awareness... More

Servicemembers from all branches participate in a fitness

Servicemembers from all branches participate in a fitness

Servicemembers from all branches participate in a fitness challenge during the Okinawa Joint Professional Military Education Experience April 3, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. With the military becoming more ... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bryan Woiewucki, Explosive

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bryan Woiewucki, Explosive

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bryan Woiewucki, Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight NCO in-charge of training form the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, poses for a photo on Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 11, 2019. Woiewu... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Tony Lombardo, commander assigned

U.S. Air Force Col. Tony Lombardo, commander assigned

U.S. Air Force Col. Tony Lombardo, commander assigned to the 18th Maintenance Group, briefs Japan Air Self-Defense Force members and 18th MXG personnel before a bilateral training exercise May 23, 2019, on Kade... More

Members from the U.S. Army, Marines, Japan Air Self-Defense

Members from the U.S. Army, Marines, Japan Air Self-Defense

Members from the U.S. Army, Marines, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Air Force and Air Force National Guard from Michigan and Texas participated in the Joint and Coalition Chemical, Biological, Radiological and N... More

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle taxis before a

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle taxis before a

A 67th Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle taxis before a mission at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2019. The 18th AMXS maintains numerous F-15s, allowing the 44th and 67th FSs to play a vital role in combat operat... More

Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron and 33rd Helicopter

Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron and 33rd Helicopter

Airmen from the 33rd Rescue Squadron and 33rd Helicopter Maintenance Squadron work diligently to ensure a U.S. Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk is operationally ready on Aug. 6, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 33r... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Skylar Neff and Airman

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Skylar Neff and Airman

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Skylar Neff and Airman 1st Class Nathaniel Popp, both 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment journeymen, inspect a B2 stand for safety and functionality Aug.... More

Representatives with the American Legion, left, and

Representatives with the American Legion, left, and

Representatives with the American Legion, left, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, right, and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. James Hecker, center, the commander of the 18th Wing, salute after laying a wreath during a... More

A victim of a simulated hazardous materials vehicle

A victim of a simulated hazardous materials vehicle

A victim of a simulated hazardous materials vehicle crash awaits emergency medical attention from 18th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters as part of a mission focused exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. ... More

Members from the Okinawa Outreach Committee organize

Members from the Okinawa Outreach Committee organize

Members from the Okinawa Outreach Committee organize donations at the Okinawa City Welfare Center, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 23, 2015. Volunteers from the Kadena Air Base Top 3 program participated in the Okinawa Ou... More

Local Okinawans gather in front of tombs for ceremonial

Local Okinawans gather in front of tombs for ceremonial

Local Okinawans gather in front of tombs for ceremonial meals at the Morine Bijiru during the annual sacred sites visit Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Okinawans are often sponsored onto the base so t... More

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers head toward their next scheduled sporting event during the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 5, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing commander Gen. J... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 67th Fighter Squadron

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 67th Fighter Squadron

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from the 67th Fighter Squadron takes off March 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The F-15’s superior maneuverability and acceleration are achieved through high engine thrust-to-we... More

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance

An U.S. Air Force Airman with the 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit generates a helicopter sortie during a training exercise April 11, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Airmen at every level are empowered to lead d... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies through the skies above Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 3, 2017. Northern Edge is Alaska’s largest and premier joint training exercise designed to pract... More

A member of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works

A member of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works

A member of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit works on an F-15C Eagle in a maintenance hangar May 3, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 67th AMU maintainers ensure constant mission readiness, contributing to... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, 18th

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, 18th

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Kimberling, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal supply NCO in charge, is assisted into an EOD bomb suit by Airmen 1st Class Anthony Beschi and Quentin Dene... More

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs and specialists from the

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs and specialists from the

U.S. Air Force crew chiefs and specialists from the 961st Aircraft Maintenance Unit recover an approaching E-3 Sentry from the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron June 8, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The ra... More

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II soars over Okinawa,

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II soars over Okinawa,

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II soars over Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 2, 2017, on approach to Kadena Air Base, Japan. This marks U.S. Pacific Command’s first operational tasking for the F-35As and the first time ... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tess Sunderlin, 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment, prepares to place her target on a stand during a combat arms qualification course Dec. 6, 2017, at K... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Esrick Hamilton, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Esrick Hamilton, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Esrick Hamilton, 18th Maintenance Group Maintenance Operations Center board controller, coordinates maintenance for aircraft on the flightline Dec. 19, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Jap... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelly Mason, 18th Wing protocol specialist, briefs a group of superintendents during a 18th Wing Squadron Superintendents Course March 13, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Protocol is ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dillon Glowicki, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dillon Glowicki, 18th

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dillon Glowicki, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron centralized repair facility journeyman, inspects an A-10 Thunderbolt II engine Oct. 12, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Engine ... More

A U.S. Air Force crew on a KC-135 Stratotanker from

A U.S. Air Force crew on a KC-135 Stratotanker from

A U.S. Air Force crew on a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, refuels the plane carrying U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis to Vietnam, Oct. 15, 2018... More

An E-3 Sentry sits on the taxiway during Exercise Keen

An E-3 Sentry sits on the taxiway during Exercise Keen

An E-3 Sentry sits on the taxiway during Exercise Keen Sword 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2018. The exercise enables U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel to strengthen bilateral rel... More

Participants hike around the Banyan Tree Golf Course

Participants hike around the Banyan Tree Golf Course

Participants hike around the Banyan Tree Golf Course during the Holocaust Remembrance Week Ruck March at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 2, 2019. The purpose of the ruck march was to bring people together with a fi... More

Yurika Hatamochi, Okinawa Veterinary Service veterinary

Yurika Hatamochi, Okinawa Veterinary Service veterinary

Yurika Hatamochi, Okinawa Veterinary Service veterinary anesthesiology technician, shaves the underside area of military working dog Quinto in preparation for surgery April 18, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. ... More

U.S. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support

U.S. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support

U.S. Marines with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd MLG, prepare fuel lines on the a... More

U.S. Marines Corps Lane Cpl. Jose Ocampo, a landing

U.S. Marines Corps Lane Cpl. Jose Ocampo, a landing

U.S. Marines Corps Lane Cpl. Jose Ocampo, a landing support specialist with 3rd Landing Support Battalion (LSB), Combat Logistics Regiment 3 (CLR), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and native of San Diego, Cal... More

Local Okinawans read a plaque at the Peace Garden Memorial

Local Okinawans read a plaque at the Peace Garden Memorial

Local Okinawans read a plaque at the Peace Garden Memorial during the annual sacred sites visit Oct. 21, 2015, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Local Okinawans from Okinawa City visited multiple sacred sites on Kaden... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Joseph

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Joseph

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Joseph Neely, from VAQ-137, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, inspects rivets and panels on an EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft prior to a sortie... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Minuet Comstock, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, cleans hand tools as part of routine inspection May 2, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The ... More

Members of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit go through

Members of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit go through

Members of the 67th Aircraft Maintenance Unit go through an open ranks inspection of dress and appearance during an annual "turkey shoot" weapons load competition July 16, 2018, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Dress... More

Participants of the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action

Participants of the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action

Participants of the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action 24 hour Run, jog around Marek Park Sept. 20, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Participants of the run took turns carrying the POW/MIA flag during the 24 ho... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Berry, wheel and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Berry, wheel and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Berry, wheel and tire technician assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, tightens the bolts on an aircraft wheel at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 22, 2019. The whe... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jasmyn Yoder, nondestructive

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jasmyn Yoder, nondestructive

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jasmyn Yoder, nondestructive inspection apprentice assigned to the 18th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, demonstrates how to use the stationary magnetic particle inspection unit d... More

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Hammons, 18th Component

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Hammons, 18th Component

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Hammons, 18th Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion craftsman (middle), instructs Airmen from the 18th CMS and the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit on how to safely ma... More

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