Kadena Air Base News

On Monday Defense Secretary Robert Gates gave a speech at the National Defense University in Washington excoriating the military establishment he inherited on taking the job almost two years ago .

F-22 Fleet Surpasses 50,000 Flight Hours The F-22 Raptor advanced fighter aircraft surpassed more than 50,000 total flight hours in August, according to Lockheed Martin.

Despite the efforts of the rescue team, one of the injured men died Sunday after being transported to a hospital in Guam, while the other is expected to make a full recovery.

Two Navy helicopters and six Air Force pararescue jumpers participated in the dramatic rescue of two injured crew members on a Panamanian freighter early Saturday in the western Pacific.

The intense, 13-month pilot training program at Vance Air Force Base has been described as "drinking from a fire hose," because of the amount information students have to absorb in a short amount of time.

Most of the airmen who end up in Capt. Aron Potter's office are there because they got into trouble.

Tech Sgt. Dario Gutierrez, the noncommissioned officer-in-charge of cardiopulmonary services for the 18th Medical Operations Squadron, shows off a resperonic machine used to monitor a patient's brain and heart ...

It's not every day a father gets to dogfight against his son in a high-performance fighter aircraft, 20,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean.

Mayor Pro Tem Tonya Peterson is ready to lead city in interim The City of Lithonia could fall under new leadership in a couple of weeks, if voters approve to recall embattled Mayor Joyce McKibben on Tuesday, ...

The Patriot Express will be back in the skies over mainland Japan and Okinawa on a weekly basis starting next month, the U.S. Transportation Command announced Tuesday.

But one Kadena spouse has found a way to turn the trials of military life into comedy gold.

Freedom Walks, special bulletin board displays and moments of silence marked the seventh anniversary of 9/11 at Department of Defense Dependents Schools around the world.

Matthew Riewerts graduated from United States Air Force basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in May.

LUKE AFB, Ariz. - Betty Vasquez is not your typical medical assistant. She works for a dermatologist in Sun City West, Ariz., and has a unique perspective when dealing with the skin cancer cases she sees on a ...

Gen. David A. Deptula, who was previously stationed at Kadena as an F-15 pilot from 1979-1983, visited the base before moving on to Misawa and Yokota Air Bases as part of a tour that will touch on a number of ...

Staff Sgts. Hector Nunez, left, and Ryad Naseer, airmen assigned to Det 4, 86th Network Operations Squadron, walk amongst others in their blues uniform Monday at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

I had the privilege 20 years ago of working for Brig. Gen. Ralph T. Browning , a man who spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.

Granted, military life is not the same as civilian life when it comes to the exercise of some individual privileges and rights.

Air Force Community Readiness consultant Joe Catahay leads a pre-separation briefing Thursday at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.

BURLINGAME, Calif., Aug. 29 CA-ECC-AAFES BURLINGAME, Calif. , /PRNewswire/ -- ECC was recently awarded a 5-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Design-Build/Bid-Build Construction Contract with the Army ...