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  • Father passes baton to son during final flight

    With retirement around the corner, U.S. Air Force Col. Dominic Setka, former 5th Air Force chief of staff, jumped on the opportunity to take his final flight in an E-3 Sentry with his son, U.S. Air Force Capt. Nathan Setka, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron air weapons officer at Kadena Air Base,

  • 33rd RQS Airmen to the rescue in CSAR training

    The 33rd Rescue Squadron performs a combat search and rescue training mission aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk out of Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 17, 2022. The HH-60G Pave Hawk’s primary function is to recover personnel in hostile conditions day and night, no matter the weather.

  • Deployed NG Airmen act quickly to help injured Japanese civilian

    On the morning of August 10, 2022, a collision between a Japanese driver and a Japanese motorcyclist occurred just outside the Yokota Air Base flight terminal gate during morning rush hour. Two deployed California Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 374th Readiness and Emergency management Flight

  • The 374th LRS and 36th AS assist U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima

    While aiding Marines with a refueling mission, Airmen from 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 36th Airlift Squadron practiced Agile Combat Employment concepts of innovative logistics and force projection capabilities.

  • Kadena youth program participates in F-15 outreach event

    The 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 15 hosted over 40 students from Himawari School Age Care as part of an outreach event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, August 12, 2022. The students were offered a glimpse of the world of F-15 Eagles’ maintainers.

  • Civil Air Patrol undergoes training

    Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadets from Misawa Air Base, Japan and Yokota Air Base, Japan, underwent technical and hands-on training at Misawa Air Base July 20 through 22.The purpose of the visit was to expand upon the training from the group's last visit to Yokota Air Base where the cadets underwent

  • The Royal Thai Air Force, French Air Force visits Japan

    Both the French Air Force (Armee de L'air) and Royal Thai Air Force’s 601st Squadron visited Japan between Aug. 10 to 13. Their visits coincided enabling them to perform their own multilateral trainings. Both France and Thailand are part of the United Nations and Yokota Air Base is one of seven U.S.

  • Bilateral runway repair enhances partnerships

    Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 3rd Air Wing counterparts participated side-by-side in a live-fire and rapid airfield damage repair team exercise hosted by JASDF at Draughon Range, Japan, Aug. 1 - 4, 2022.The exercise kicked off with the

  • CSAF visits Kadena Air Base

    U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 11, to meet with Team Kadena face-to-face, learn more about the base’s mission, and share his strategic insight with Airmen delivering airpower every day in support of a free-and-open Indo-Pacific.

  • Speaker Pelosi visits Japan

    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 5, 2022. During her visit to Japan, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance and a free and open Indo-Pacific.