Podcasts about Kadena Air Base

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 96:29

Welcome to the 80th episode… eight zero… of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I am your host Mark Hasara and for over 60 years my passion has been all things aviation. This is episode two with the Flight Operations Director Jamie McCarthy of Port City Air on what used to be Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this episode he's going to talk about FBO planning and execution lessons learned when you have everything from big airplanes like a C-5M Galaxy to Executive Jets like Gulfstream G550 needing services at Port City Air. Every once in a while things don't go the way they're planned and Jamie tells a great story about how they obtained a massive C-5 tow bar when a Galaxy had a bleed duct failure and how to handle a fuel truck hitting a G550 winglet. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hangar; these are incredibly detailed aircraft profiles printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight foot lengths you can peel off and stick on any flat surface. There are 144 ready to print aircraft profiles on the Wall Pilot homepage. Wall Pilot can also draw your favorite airplane with your name, unit, squadron, and your favorite weapons load. Just go to wallpilot.com and fill out the custom survey for your airplane. We also do unit patches, which we've found out all of our stuff is waterproof! Jamie speaks about several A-10 Warthog aircraft that come through Port City Air FBO for servicing during Large Force Exercises in Europe. This A-10 Warthog is from the Indiana Air National Guard Black Snakes squadron, the Hawg as it is called is the ground grunts best friend! While he and I were walking around the airfield several KC-135s were operating from the Pease ramp. This KC-135 is the airplane that had my name on it in the 90s while stationed with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. When aircraft are deploying to Europe or the Middle East, chances are good that KC-10 Extenders are dragging them across the pond. This KC-10 is from the 60th Air Mobility Wing based at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco California. The F-15 Eagle has always been one of my favorite airplanes! this is an F-15E from The 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It is carrying a Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction weapons load of GPS and laser-guided bombs with air-to-air missiles. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show. We are almost at 27,000 downloads now. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can now be found on my YouTube channel @MarkHasara. I'm now posting the audio and video on my YouTube channel! I also do some pretty fantastic short videos on aviation and military subjects on my YouTube channel. You can also find all episodes of the lessons from the cockpit show on my website at www.markhasara.com Next week we'll hear from the highest scoring MiG Ace of the Vietnam War and talk to him about chasing and shooting down MiGs but also being a Fast Forward Air Controller doing Road Reconnaissance at night along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Thanks for tuning in and we'll talk to you next week on the Lessons from the Cockpit show.

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Fixed Base Operations with Jamie McCarthy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 96:29

Welcome to the 80th episode… eight zero… of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I am your host Mark Hasara and for over 60 years my passion has been all things aviation. This is episode two with the Flight Operations Director Jamie McCarthy of Port City Air on what used to be Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this episode he's going to talk about FBO planning and execution lessons learned when you have everything from big airplanes like a C-5M Galaxy to Executive Jets like Gulfstream G550 needing services at Port City Air. Every once in a while things don't go the way they're planned and Jamie tells a great story about how they obtained a massive C-5 tow bar when a Galaxy had a bleed duct failure and how to handle a fuel truck hitting a G550 winglet. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hangar; these are incredibly detailed aircraft profiles printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight foot lengths you can peel off and stick on any flat surface. There are 144 ready to print aircraft profiles on the Wall Pilot homepage. Wall Pilot can also draw your favorite airplane with your name, unit, squadron, and your favorite weapons load. Just go to wallpilot.com and fill out the custom survey for your airplane. We also do unit patches, which we've found out all of our stuff is waterproof! Jamie speaks about several A-10 Warthog aircraft that come through Port City Air FBO for servicing during Large Force Exercises in Europe. This A-10 Warthog is from the Indiana Air National Guard Black Snakes squadron, the Hawg as it is called is the ground grunts best friend! While he and I were walking around the airfield several KC-135s were operating from the Pease ramp. This KC-135 is the airplane that had my name on it in the 90s while stationed with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. When aircraft are deploying to Europe or the Middle East, chances are good that KC-10 Extenders are dragging them across the pond. This KC-10 is from the 60th Air Mobility Wing based at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco California. The F-15 Eagle has always been one of my favorite airplanes! this is an F-15E from The 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" based at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. It is carrying a Close Air Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction weapons load of GPS and laser-guided bombs with air-to-air missiles. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show. We are almost at 27,000 downloads now. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can now be found on my YouTube channel @MarkHasara. I'm now posting the audio and video on my YouTube channel! I also do some pretty fantastic short videos on aviation and military subjects on my YouTube channel. You can also find all episodes of the lessons from the cockpit show on my website at www.markhasara.com Next week we'll hear from the highest scoring MiG Ace of the Vietnam War and talk to him about chasing and shooting down MiGs but also being a Fast Forward Air Controller doing Road Reconnaissance at night along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Thanks for tuning in and we'll talk to you next week on the Lessons from the Cockpit show.

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Port City Air Fixed Base Operations with Jamie McCarthy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 50:15

Welcome to the seventy-ninth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! This one was done on location so get ready for some cool background jet noise! My wife and I recently were guests of Port City Air, a Fixed Base Operations or FBO at my first base of assignment Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Port City Air has an incredible reputation among military fliers! I walked the ramp with Port City Air's Director of Flight Operations Jamie McCarthy while recording our conversation. We had a blast discussing what an FBO does, watching props, jets, and helos coming in and going out... including a scary moment when an engine quit! Jamie explains what it takes to keep military and civilian aviation moving 24/7/365... to include a broken C-5! This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Go by www.wallpilot.com and order one or two of the Ready-to-Print four, six, or eight foot long aircraft profiles printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. Wall Pilot also creates custom aircraft profiles of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number and weapons load on the aircraft, from WWII P-51 Mustangs to F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22 Raptors. While Jamie and I walked the ramp a KC-135 was being refueled for another operational mission the next day. This KC-135 was my personal jet while stationed at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan in the 1990s. Twenty one years later I flew home Space Available from England on tail number 8874, which had 26,000 hours on the air frame and over 16,000 landings! All kinds of fighters fly in and out of Pease International Airport now. This F-15E from the 335th Fighter Squadron was the jet flown by one of my guests during the Battle of Robert's Ridge on 4 March 2002, a low point in Operation Anaconda because of the loss of so many soldiers and a Navy SEAL. The F-16 is one of the most popular fighter aircraft in the world. This F-16CJ Wild Weasel is assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing and the 14th Fighter Squadron Samuaris out of Misawa Air Base in Japan. The Crew Chief of this jet took a black grease pencil and filled in the corners of the 8s on the tail, the airplane is still called 'BOB' to this day. The Crew Chief said it stood for "Bombs over Baghdad." Jamie mentioned during the show KC-10s often stop at Pease International while flying missions to and from Europe and the Middle East. This KC-10 is assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB in California. Three KC-10s had left Pease and Port City Air's ramp the day before we arrived. There is only ONE fighter aircraft in the history of the world that has never been shot down in combat, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. This F-15C from Desert Storm was the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing's flagship and shot down three Iraqi fighter jets during the conflict. Thanks once again for downloading this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show, which can be found at www.lessonsfromthecockpit.show or on my website at www.markhasara.com. All episodes are now on my Lessons from the Cockpit YouTue channel also. Next week we will finish our discussion with Jamie McCarthy on Fixed Base Operations and what Port City Air does for customers coming through Pease International Airport.

Port City Air Fixed Base Operations with Jamie McCarthy

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 50:15

Welcome to the seventy-ninth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! This one was done on location so get ready for some cool background jet noise! My wife and I recently were guests of Port City Air, a Fixed Base Operations or FBO at my first base of assignment Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Port City Air has an incredible reputation among military fliers! I walked the ramp with Port City Air's Director of Flight Operations Jamie McCarthy while recording our conversation. We had a blast discussing what an FBO does, watching props, jets, and helos coming in and going out... including a scary moment when an engine quit! Jamie explains what it takes to keep military and civilian aviation moving 24/7/365... to include a broken C-5! This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Go by www.wallpilot.com and order one or two of the Ready-to-Print four, six, or eight foot long aircraft profiles printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. Wall Pilot also creates custom aircraft profiles of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number and weapons load on the aircraft, from WWII P-51 Mustangs to F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22 Raptors. While Jamie and I walked the ramp a KC-135 was being refueled for another operational mission the next day. This KC-135 was my personal jet while stationed at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan in the 1990s. Twenty one years later I flew home Space Available from England on tail number 8874, which had 26,000 hours on the air frame and over 16,000 landings! All kinds of fighters fly in and out of Pease International Airport now. This F-15E from the 335th Fighter Squadron was the jet flown by one of my guests during the Battle of Robert's Ridge on 4 March 2002, a low point in Operation Anaconda because of the loss of so many soldiers and a Navy SEAL. The F-16 is one of the most popular fighter aircraft in the world. This F-16CJ Wild Weasel is assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing and the 14th Fighter Squadron Samuaris out of Misawa Air Base in Japan. The Crew Chief of this jet took a black grease pencil and filled in the corners of the 8s on the tail, the airplane is still called 'BOB' to this day. The Crew Chief said it stood for "Bombs over Baghdad." Jamie mentioned during the show KC-10s often stop at Pease International while flying missions to and from Europe and the Middle East. This KC-10 is assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB in California. Three KC-10s had left Pease and Port City Air's ramp the day before we arrived. There is only ONE fighter aircraft in the history of the world that has never been shot down in combat, the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. This F-15C from Desert Storm was the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing's flagship and shot down three Iraqi fighter jets during the conflict. Thanks once again for downloading this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show, which can be found at www.lessonsfromthecockpit.show or on my website at www.markhasara.com. All episodes are now on my Lessons from the Cockpit YouTue channel also. Next week we will finish our discussion with Jamie McCarthy on Fixed Base Operations and what Port City Air does for customers coming through Pease International Airport.

428. They Took Our Daughter | Todd & Krista Kolstad

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 97:05

Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks in-person with Todd and Krista Kolstad. They discuss their ongoing court battle with the state of Montana surrounding the removal of their daughter from their home, and then to Canada, for lack of gender affirmation. Krista Cummins-Kolstad was born and raised in Akron, Ohio. After mortuary school, she moved to Flathead County, Montana where she spent the next 13 years as a licensed mortician and funeral director. She married Todd Kolstad in 2017 and recently moved to Glasgow Montana to give her daughter a fresh start. She has been working with her husband Todd at his company, Montana Technical Solutions since 2021. A Glasgow, Montana native, Todd Kolstad spent his high school years in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He served in the Air Force from 1987 to 1991 mostly stationed in Kadena Air Base with the 12th tactical fighter squadron. After his military service he worked for Siemens nuclear power for 10yrs doing nuclear instrumentation. He then worked for KLA-Tencor performing laser alignment robotics globally. He then returned to the glasgow Montana area and started the company he has today: Montana Technical Solutions. Todd has five children with his ex wife. He moved to the flathead valley area where he met and married Krista Cumm. - Links - 2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/ For Todd & Krista Kolstad: Given Send Go campaign to help with legal fees https://www.givesendgo.com/GBMG9

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Lessons Learned with TC Cappelletti

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 108:23

Welcome to the seventy-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I'm your host Mark Hasara. My circle of friends has expanded because of my book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit. One of those great friends has vast experience in almost every Boeing airliner... 727, 737, 757, 767, and the Lockheed L-1011 I found out during this show. My good buddy TC Cappelletti is also one of the most knowledgeable military historians I know because he's a voracious reader of history. And most of the books in his library are signed by the folks in those books. TC shares several lessons learned from his beginnings in the C-9 Nightingale to flying 737-800/900s with Alaska Airlines. This episode of Lessons from the Cockpit is supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These are four, six, and eight foot long graphics printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. Wall Pilot can draw custom profiles of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number and weapons load on the aircraft. Go by www.wallpilot.com and chose from 140 Ready-to-Print profiles or fill out the custom sheet for a favorite plane TC began his flying career in the McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale, designed from the ground up for the aeromedical evacuation mission of the US Air Force. This is a print of the C-9A TC flew while stationed at Scott AFB near Bellevue Illinois. The KC-10A Extender is the military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Sixty KC-10s were built for the Air Force to air refuel and move cargo. The 59 aircraft left in the inventory will soon be retired to the Davis Monthan AFB Boneyard. This KC-10 is assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB, California. The Boeing KC-135 has been passing gas since the mid-1950s. This KC-135R Model was my personal jet and flew with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron based at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. The 909th ARS heritage goes all the way back to the Vietnam War as the Young Tiger Tanker Task Force, the emblem on the nose of the aircraft. During our discussion we spoke of John Connors, Navy SEAL killed during the Panama Invasion December 1989. A statue of John is being funded and placed in the park of his Massachusetts home town of Scituate. The website you can donate to is found at https://www.ameasureofaman.org/ We also mentioned another great organization which grants scholarships to young men and women who need help. The Red River Valley Association, nicknamed The River Rats, was created by Air Force fighter pilots in the early years of the Vietnam War. There is now a River Rat museum in Bowling Green Kentucky memorializing amazing pilots from all the recent wars. You can donate to the scholarship fund by going to the River Rat website. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can be found on our new website at lessonsfromthecockpit.show. Sign up to be one of our All Ranks Club members for a monthly or yearly fee. We'll soon have All Ranks Club virtual Bar Nights to share stories and most importantly lessons learned. Only All Ranks Club members will be able to join in the Bar Nights. Thanks again for tuning in and downloading episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show!

Lessons Learned with TC Cappelletti

Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 108:23

Welcome to the seventy-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I'm your host Mark Hasara. My circle of friends has expanded because of my book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit. One of those great friends has vast experience in almost every Boeing airliner... 727, 737, 757, 767, and the Lockheed L-1011 I found out during this show. My good buddy TC Cappelletti is also one of the most knowledgeable military historians I know because he's a voracious reader of history. And most of the books in his library are signed by the folks in those books. TC shares several lessons learned from his beginnings in the C-9 Nightingale to flying 737-800/900s with Alaska Airlines. This episode of Lessons from the Cockpit is supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These are four, six, and eight foot long graphics printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. Wall Pilot can draw custom profiles of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number and weapons load on the aircraft. Go by www.wallpilot.com and chose from 140 Ready-to-Print profiles or fill out the custom sheet for a favorite plane TC began his flying career in the McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale, designed from the ground up for the aeromedical evacuation mission of the US Air Force. This is a print of the C-9A TC flew while stationed at Scott AFB near Bellevue Illinois. The KC-10A Extender is the military version of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30. Sixty KC-10s were built for the Air Force to air refuel and move cargo. The 59 aircraft left in the inventory will soon be retired to the Davis Monthan AFB Boneyard. This KC-10 is assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB, California. The Boeing KC-135 has been passing gas since the mid-1950s. This KC-135R Model was my personal jet and flew with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron based at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Japan. The 909th ARS heritage goes all the way back to the Vietnam War as the Young Tiger Tanker Task Force, the emblem on the nose of the aircraft. During our discussion we spoke of John Connors, Navy SEAL killed during the Panama Invasion December 1989. A statue of John is being funded and placed in the park of his Massachusetts home town of Scituate. The website you can donate to is found at https://www.ameasureofaman.org/ We also mentioned another great organization which grants scholarships to young men and women who need help. The Red River Valley Association, nicknamed The River Rats, was created by Air Force fighter pilots in the early years of the Vietnam War. There is now a River Rat museum in Bowling Green Kentucky memorializing amazing pilots from all the recent wars. You can donate to the scholarship fund by going to the River Rat website. This and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can be found on our new website at lessonsfromthecockpit.show. Sign up to be one of our All Ranks Club members for a monthly or yearly fee. We'll soon have All Ranks Club virtual Bar Nights to share stories and most importantly lessons learned. Only All Ranks Club members will be able to join in the Bar Nights. Thanks again for tuning in and downloading episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show!

The Yumiko Chan Incident | 1955 | 2/2

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 16:43

In September of 1955, the mutilated body of a young Japanese girl is discovered in a landfill near the US-operated Kadena Air Base; sparking civilian protests from local Okinawan residents, and adding fuel to the tension between US and Japan. Episode 1: Follow investigators as they narrow down the suspects of this heinous crime; unleashing the wrath of the civilians Episode 2: Join us as we uncover how the court proceedings are mired in controversy. and the eventual aftermath of the Yumiko-Chan incident. Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out:

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The Yumiko Chan Incident | 1955 | 1/2

Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 17:38

In September of 1955, the mutilated body of a young Japanese girl is discovered in a landfill near the US-operated Kadena Air Base; sparking civilian protests from local Okinawan residents, and adding fuel to the tension between US and Japan. Episode 1: Follow investigators as they narrow down the suspects of this heinous crime; unleashing the wrath of the civilians Episode 2: Join us as we uncover how the court proceedings are mired in controversy. and the eventual aftermath of the Yumiko-Chan incident. Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out:

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There Are Ghosts at the Air Base

A Dark Memory: Legends, Haunted Places, and Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 27:41

The Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan has a haunted history of tragedy and hauntings. Ghosts on the on-base housing at Terrace Heights, murders at Building 2283, the hauntings of Gate 3, and the ghosts within the buildings are only some of the tales that surround the island.Ad-free at ScaryPlus.com and you can find Edwin @edwincov on TikTok and Instagram

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Airlift Tanker Association 2023 Report

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 76:36

Welcome to the seventy-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I'm your host Mark Hasara, former KC-135 pilot and aviation geek! My wife Valerie and I attended Air Mobility Command's Airlift Tanker Association 2023 Symposium at the Gaylord Texan resort in Grapevine Texas. The A/TA Convention aero and cyberspace Industry Exposition was fantastic and I wanted to mention a few things I experienced while walking the Industry Floor... like the Remote Vision System 2.0 now being retrofitted in the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker. General Mike Minihan, commander of Air Moility Command gavve an incredile speech on the status of the Mobility Air Forces or MAF. Did you know airlifters now have the capaility to become strike aircraft with new palletized weapons systems? The Lessons from the Cockpit show is supported by the ook Tanker Pilot, now on Genneral Mike Minihan's Leadership Library reading list. Tanker Pilot gives you a behind the scenes look at the planning and execution of air refueling operations during four wars and numerous other global evvents. Thirty-two pictures taken are included, taken during the events descibed in the book. Our show is also supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. There are 138 Ready-to-Print extremely detailed and exhaustively researched aircraft profiles of famous aircraft from World War II to modern fifth generation fighters and bombers. Wall Pilot creates custom aircraft profile drawings of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number, flying unit, and weapons load in four, six, and eight foot long vinyl prints you can peel off and stick on any flat purpose. One of the aircraft profiles auctioned off for the A/TA Scholarship fund was this 60th Air Mobility Wing KC-10A Extender from Travis Air Force Base. Aircrews, maintainers, and loaders signed a copy of this print for auction which was sold to a collector of custom aviation art. The other aircraft profile auctioned off for the A/TA Scholarship fund was the 437th Airlift Wing C-17A Globemaster III named "Spirit of the Candy Bomber" in memorial of Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the Berlin Candy Bomber who passed away at the age of 101 last year. General Mike Minihan attended the memorial service for Colonel Halvorsen last summer to rename C-17A tail 87-7178 "Spirit of the Candy Bomber". General Mike Minihan was the previous commander of the 19th Airlift Wing located at Little Rock Air Force Base Arkansas. This C-130J is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Component based at Little Rock AFB. The best assignement of my Air Force career was flying with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan. The 909th flew both KC-135A and -135R Models while I was assigned to the unit for five years in 1990 through 1995. Attending Tailhook 23 this past August I brought this F-14D Tomcat print of BANDWAGON 101, the VF-31 Squadron Skipper Commander Paul Haas personal jet he flew during Operation Iraqi Freedom's Shock and Awe air campaign. My very good friend Captain Steve "Moose" Laukaitis was the Deputy Carrier Air Wing Commander of CAG Eight during the Shock and Awe air campaign and this was the VFA-87 War Party F-18C+ Hornet in his Air Wing on USS Theodore Roosevelt. Thanks for downloading and listening to this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show, found on my webbsite at www.markhasara.com

Airlift Tanker Association 2023 Report

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023 76:36

Welcome to the seventy-second episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit show! I'm your host Mark Hasara, former KC-135 pilot and aviation geek! My wife Valerie and I attended Air Mobility Command's Airlift Tanker Association 2023 Symposium at the Gaylord Texan resort in Grapevine Texas. The A/TA Convention aero and cyberspace Industry Exposition was fantastic and I wanted to mention a few things I experienced while walking the Industry Floor... like the Remote Vision System 2.0 now being retrofitted in the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker. General Mike Minihan, commander of Air Moility Command gavve an incredile speech on the status of the Mobility Air Forces or MAF. Did you know airlifters now have the capaility to become strike aircraft with new palletized weapons systems? The Lessons from the Cockpit show is supported by the ook Tanker Pilot, now on Genneral Mike Minihan's Leadership Library reading list. Tanker Pilot gives you a behind the scenes look at the planning and execution of air refueling operations during four wars and numerous other global evvents. Thirty-two pictures taken are included, taken during the events descibed in the book. Our show is also supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. There are 138 Ready-to-Print extremely detailed and exhaustively researched aircraft profiles of famous aircraft from World War II to modern fifth generation fighters and bombers. Wall Pilot creates custom aircraft profile drawings of your favorite aircraft with your name, tail number, flying unit, and weapons load in four, six, and eight foot long vinyl prints you can peel off and stick on any flat purpose. One of the aircraft profiles auctioned off for the A/TA Scholarship fund was this 60th Air Mobility Wing KC-10A Extender from Travis Air Force Base. Aircrews, maintainers, and loaders signed a copy of this print for auction which was sold to a collector of custom aviation art. The other aircraft profile auctioned off for the A/TA Scholarship fund was the 437th Airlift Wing C-17A Globemaster III named "Spirit of the Candy Bomber" in memorial of Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the Berlin Candy Bomber who passed away at the age of 101 last year. General Mike Minihan attended the memorial service for Colonel Halvorsen last summer to rename C-17A tail 87-7178 "Spirit of the Candy Bomber". General Mike Minihan was the previous commander of the 19th Airlift Wing located at Little Rock Air Force Base Arkansas. This C-130J is assigned to the Air Force Reserve Component based at Little Rock AFB. The best assignement of my Air Force career was flying with the 909th Air Refueling Squadron out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan. The 909th flew both KC-135A and -135R Models while I was assigned to the unit for five years in 1990 through 1995. Attending Tailhook 23 this past August I brought this F-14D Tomcat print of BANDWAGON 101, the VF-31 Squadron Skipper Commander Paul Haas personal jet he flew during Operation Iraqi Freedom's Shock and Awe air campaign. My very good friend Captain Steve "Moose" Laukaitis was the Deputy Carrier Air Wing Commander of CAG Eight during the Shock and Awe air campaign and this was the VFA-87 War Party F-18C+ Hornet in his Air Wing on USS Theodore Roosevelt. Thanks for downloading and listening to this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show, found on my webbsite at www.markhasara.com

Air Force Radio News 15 November 2023

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023

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KADENA: Kelli Cribbs Abad [Part 1]

Military Murder

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 57:14

When 27-year old Air Force spouse, Kelli Abad, went missing after church from Kadena Air Base, Japan, on October 26, 2011 - her husband, Vince, immediately suspected suicide. That is, because according to him, minutes before she vanished, she threatened to take her own life. Kelli's car was missing for 3 days, eventually turning up parked at Cape Zanpa. Inside Kelli's car was a note that read, “Love my kids. Love my hubby and parents, bye.” The Air Force has ruled Kelli's disappearance as a suicide…but her body has never been found. Join Margot as she explores the mysterious disappearance of Kelli Cribbs Abad and questions, was the investigation into her disappearance handled properly? Have a Tip about Kelli's case? Leave it here. Follow Kelli Cribbs Abad's missing Person Support Facebook Page. ——- Ways to support your favorite podcast: Join My Patreon Family! Subscribe to Military Murder Premium on Apple Podcast! Rate/Review the Show! Tell a Friend about Military Murder —— Thanks to Today's Sponsor: Factor! Visit factormeals.com/militarymama50 for 50% off your order. Brilliant Earth! Visit brilliantearth.com to discover jewelry you'll love! Honeylove! Visit honeylove.com/militarymama for 20% off your order. June's Journey! Download “June's Journey” on the Apple App Store or Google Play! ----- Military Murder is a military true crime podcast that focuses on murders committed by military members, veterans, and sometimes their family members. ---- Follow on social: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mamamargot TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@militarymargot Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/militarymurderpodcast Discussion Group: https://facebook.com/groups/militarytruecrime Email: militarymurderpodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shock and Awe Tanker Shortfalls

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 98:54

Welccome back to the Lessons from the Cockpit and the sixty-sixth episode of podcast! In preparation for attending the Tailhook 2023 symposium, I felt this was a good time to do an episode on the air refueling shortfalls during the Shock and Awe air campaign in March through April 2003. In my book Tanker Pilot, the chapter Six Weeks in Hell speaks to the issues the Air Refueling Control Team overcame to make the 1003 Victor war plan executable. This is a more indepth discussion on refueling shortfalls compared to what was accomplished in Desert Storm based on the Gulf War Airpower Survey written after the Desert Storm air campaign ended. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is supported and fiananced by the book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit, found in all four formats on Amazon; hardback, softback (black and white photos!), Kindle and Audible. The Kindle and Audible versions have the thirty-two pictures in an extra file when you download the book. Detailed aircraft profiles of Operation Iraqi Freedom aircraft are available from Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These profiles are printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight-foot-long graphics you can stick to any flat surface. The KC-10 Extender is called the "Gucci Bird" because of its versatility to refuel Boom or Drogue receivers. The KC-10 is also air refuelable... you can fill it back up. Most of the fighters deploying to the Middle East traveled there behind a KC-10. The KC-135 Stratotanker has been the air refueling workhorse around the world. I was based at Kadena Air Base for five great years, the best flying job I had during my Air Froce career. The F-15C Eagle was deployed to the Middle East for Operation Iraqi Freedom, but they had a boring war as no Iraqi Air Force fighters flew offensive or defensive combat air patrols. All F-15Cs were sent home about half way through the war because we needed the gas! F-15E Strike Eagles were tasked with a range of missions from Close Air Support to Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance (SCAR) missions destroying the Iraqi Republican Guard. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. This and additional episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast can be downloaded from my website at markhasara.com. Next week's episode will be with a former Iranian Air Force Colonel who planned and flew one of the longest strike missions during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

Shock and Awe Tanker Shortfalls

OccPod: the official ACOEM podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2023 114:32

Welcome back to the Lessons from the Cockpit and the sixty-seventh episode of the podcast! In preparation for attending the Tailhook 2023 symposium, I felt this was a good time to do an episode on the air refueling shortfalls during the Shock and Awe air campaign in March through April 2003. In my book Tanker Pilot, the chapter Six Weeks in Hell speaks to the issues the Air Refueling Control Team overcame to make the 1003 Victor war plan executable. This is a more in-depth discussion on refueling shortfalls compared to what was accomplished in Desert Storm based on the Gulf War Airpower Survey written after the Desert Storm air campaign ended. The Lessons from the Cockpit show is supported and financed by the book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit, found in all four formats on Amazon; hardback, softback (black and white photos!), Kindle, and Audible. The Kindle and Audible versions have thirty-two pictures in an extra file when you download the book. Detailed aircraft profiles of Operation Iraqi Freedom aircraft are available from Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These profiles are printed on vinyl in four, six, and eight-foot-long graphics you can stick to any flat surface. The KC-10 Extender is called the "Gucci Bird" because of its versatility to refuel Boom or Drogue receivers. The KC-10 is also air refuelable... you can fill it back up. Most of the fighters deploying to the Middle East traveled there behind a KC-10. The KC-135 Stratotanker has been the air refueling workhorse around the world. I was based at Kadena Air Base for five great years, the best flying job I had during my Air Force career. The F-15C Eagle was deployed to the Middle East for Operation Iraqi Freedom, but they had a boring war as no Iraqi Air Force fighters flew offensive or defensive combat air patrols. All F-15Cs were sent home about halfway through the war because we needed the gas! F-15E Strike Eagles were tasked with a range of missions from Close Air Support to Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance (SCAR) missions destroying the Iraqi Republican Guard. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. This and additional episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast can be downloaded from my website at markhasara.com. Next week's episode will be with a former Iranian Air Force Colonel who planned and flew one of the longest strike missions during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s.

OccPod – Episode 50, The Titan Implosion and Decompression Illness

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 27:30

Thank you for joining us for another episode of OccPod. In this episode, Erin, Dr. Nabeel, and guest Dr. Gary Toups discuss hyperbaric medicine, including the recent implosion of the Titan submersible. Dr. Toups also discusses decompression illnesses in divers and case-on workers. Dr. Toups has practiced Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine since 2004, when he treated recreational divers and military aviators for decompression illness at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. He is a former US Air Force officer, and served as a navigator, pilot, flight safety officer, and aircraft mishap investigator. In 1995, he left aviation and attended the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, earning his MD in 1999.

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Battle Management with Colonel Mark "Boner" Waite

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 99:16

Welcome to the sixty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I am your host Mark Hasara, Air Force vet and KC-135 pilot. Colonel Mark Waite took a very interesting route to fill one of the most critical positions in the Air Force as Airborne Battle Manager, surveilling the air over a battlefield and directing fighters and bombers to targets. Boner was a Senior Director in the E-3 AWACS on the opening night of Desert Storm. He's a graduate of the US Air Force's Weapons School and later an instructor in the Command and Control division. Some of his most interesting lessons learned come from serving in the Al Udied CAOC during the Afghan elections and now working in the cyberspace world, both offensively and defensively. This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Over one hundred thirty incredibly detailed Ready-to-Print side view profiles of famous aircraft are available on the www.wallpilot.com website, in four, six, and eight-foot-long prints. The E-3C Airborne Warning and Control System or AWACS aircraft from the 961st ACCS based at Kadena Air Base where Mark was stationed is available in the Ready-to-Print section. The RC-135 Rivet Joint provides battlefield electronic and signals intelligence to commanders and a Ready-to-Print graphic of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, the new RJ with the CFM56 engines is available on the Wall Pilot website. The U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane works closely with the other Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft on the battlefield through datalinks which Mark discussed in the podcast. The U-2R Dragon Lady continues to fly ISR missions all over the world at 70 years of age! The F-15E Strike Eagle was one of the airplanes in the Close Air Support role during the Afghan elections and this 335th Fighter Squadron Strike Eagle is loaded for that typical CAS role. The B-1B Lancer bomber carried out CAS missions during the war in Afghanistan. This B-1B graphic is the 77th Weapons Squadron flagship, a division of the US Air Force Weapons School. Thanks for downloading and listening to this of the LEssons from the Cockpit podcast, found on the www.markhasara.com website under the Podcast pulldown tab. The previous sixty-three episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can be downloaded from my www.markhasara.com website.

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Battle Management with Colonel Mark "Boner" Waite

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 99:16

Welcome to the sixty-fourth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I am your host Mark Hasara, Air Force vet and KC-135 pilot. Colonel Mark Waite took a very interesting route to fill one of the most critical positions in the Air Force as Airborne Battle Manager, surveilling the air over a battlefield and directing fighters and bombers to targets. Boner was a Senior Director in the E-3 AWACS on the opening night of Desert Storm. He's a graduate of the US Air Force's Weapons School and later an instructor in the Command and Control division. Some of his most interesting lessons learned come from serving in the Al Udied CAOC during the Afghan elections and now working in the cyberspace world, both offensively and defensively. This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is financially supported by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Over one hundred thirty incredibly detailed Ready-to-Print side view profiles of famous aircraft are available on the www.wallpilot.com website, in four, six, and eight-foot-long prints. The E-3C Airborne Warning and Control System or AWACS aircraft from the 961st ACCS based at Kadena Air Base where Mark was stationed is available in the Ready-to-Print section. The RC-135 Rivet Joint provides battlefield electronic and signals intelligence to commanders and a Ready-to-Print graphic of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, the new RJ with the CFM56 engines is available on the Wall Pilot website. The U-2 Dragon Lady spy plane works closely with the other Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft on the battlefield through datalinks which Mark discussed in the podcast. The U-2R Dragon Lady continues to fly ISR missions all over the world at 70 years of age! The F-15E Strike Eagle was one of the airplanes in the Close Air Support role during the Afghan elections and this 335th Fighter Squadron Strike Eagle is loaded for that typical CAS role. The B-1B Lancer bomber carried out CAS missions during the war in Afghanistan. This B-1B graphic is the 77th Weapons Squadron flagship, a division of the US Air Force Weapons School. Thanks for downloading and listening to this of the LEssons from the Cockpit podcast, found on the www.markhasara.com website under the Podcast pulldown tab. The previous sixty-three episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit show can be downloaded from my www.markhasara.com website.

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The Nerve Center of Air Mobility

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 92:38

Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit Podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, a retired KC-135 pilot of the United States Air Force. After five fantastic years and the greatest flying assignment of my career at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan, it was time for an assignment change of station or PCS. I took a Headquarters assignment to a location all of us in the Young Tiger Tanker Squadron laughed at because they had absolute control over all air mobility operations around the world except us at the 909th! This assignment became one of those tremendous learning experiences of my Air Force career. I left this assignment feeling bulletproof in my knowledge and capabilities. This assignment gave me additional experience and expertise needed to help in my next assignment working with a great team creating and standing up the KC-135 Weapons School in the fall of 1997. The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is supported and financed by the book Tanker Pilot found in all four formats, hardback, softback, Kindle, and Audible on Amazon. Tanker Pilot gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at air refueling operations in four wars and numerous air operations. Thirty-two pictures taken during the operations discussed in the book are included. All pictures in the softback version are in black and white, and color in the other three. Lessons from the Cockpit is also financed by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Profile graphics of aircraft printed four, six, and eight feet long on vinyl can be peeled off and stuck on any flat surface. There are 129 Ready-to-Print aircraft profiles extensively researched and very detailed available on the website. Wall Pilot can create your name, tail codes and numbers, and weapons load on your favorite aircraft/ Take a look at some of the custom profiles Wall Pioot has done for customer hangers, one thirty feet long! Please go to www.wallpilot.com and purchase one or two of these incredible graphics for your walls. For over twenty-four years I flew the KC-135 Stratotanker available as a Ready-to-Print graphic. A 909th Young Tiger Tanker Task Force KC-135R Model in the old SHAMU scheme or current Air Mobility Command Grey can be found at these links. The KC-10 Extender acts as both a tanker and airlifter flying support missions all over the world. KC-10A Extender profiles from Travis AFB and McGuire AFB are available at these links. In the summer of 2022, Air Mobility Command christened a Charleston AFB South Carolina C-17A Globemaster III "Spirit of the Candy Bomber" in memorium to Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the famous Beling Airlift Candy Bomber. Little Rock AFB is the Center of Excellence for Air Mobility Commands Tactical Airlift fleet. A C-130J or Arkansas Air Nationa Guard C-130H from Little Rock AFB is available in Wall Pilot's Ready-to-Print section. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! This and previous episodes of the podcast can be found on my website at markhasara.com. If you have an hour or so during a morning or afternoon commute while stuck in traffic, the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast has some great stories and lessons learned for you to listen to!

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The Nerve Center of Air Mobility

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023 92:38

Welcome to the sixty-third episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit Podcast! I'm your host Mark Hasara, a retired KC-135 pilot of the United States Air Force. After five fantastic years and the greatest flying assignment of my career at Kadena Air Base on the island of Okinawa Japan, it was time for an assignment change of station or PCS. I took a Headquarters assignment to a location all of us in the Young Tiger Tanker Squadron laughed at because they had absolute control over all air mobility operations around the world except us at the 909th! This assignment became one of those tremendous learning experiences of my Air Force career. I left this assignment feeling bulletproof in my knowledge and capabilities. This assignment gave me additional experience and expertise needed to help in my next assignment working with a great team creating and standing up the KC-135 Weapons School in the fall of 1997. The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is supported and financed by the book Tanker Pilot found in all four formats, hardback, softback, Kindle, and Audible on Amazon. Tanker Pilot gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at air refueling operations in four wars and numerous air operations. Thirty-two pictures taken during the operations discussed in the book are included. All pictures in the softback version are in black and white, and color in the other three. Lessons from the Cockpit is also financed by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Profile graphics of aircraft printed four, six, and eight feet long on vinyl can be peeled off and stuck on any flat surface. There are 129 Ready-to-Print aircraft profiles extensively researched and very detailed available on the website. Wall Pilot can create your name, tail codes and numbers, and weapons load on your favorite aircraft/ Take a look at some of the custom profiles Wall Pioot has done for customer hangers, one thirty feet long! Please go to www.wallpilot.com and purchase one or two of these incredible graphics for your walls. For over twenty-four years I flew the KC-135 Stratotanker available as a Ready-to-Print graphic. A 909th Young Tiger Tanker Task Force KC-135R Model in the old SHAMU scheme or current Air Mobility Command Grey can be found at these links. The KC-10 Extender acts as both a tanker and airlifter flying support missions all over the world. KC-10A Extender profiles from Travis AFB and McGuire AFB are available at these links. In the summer of 2022, Air Mobility Command christened a Charleston AFB South Carolina C-17A Globemaster III "Spirit of the Candy Bomber" in memorium to Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the famous Beling Airlift Candy Bomber. Little Rock AFB is the Center of Excellence for Air Mobility Commands Tactical Airlift fleet. A C-130J or Arkansas Air Nationa Guard C-130H from Little Rock AFB is available in Wall Pilot's Ready-to-Print section. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! This and previous episodes of the podcast can be found on my website at markhasara.com. If you have an hour or so during a morning or afternoon commute while stuck in traffic, the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast has some great stories and lessons learned for you to listen to!

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Around the Air Force - Sept. 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2023

This edition features stories on the Ramstein Airshow disaster, an engine swap and the new school year on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Lee Hoover.

Around the Air Force - June 30

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023

This edition features stories on the military coup in Honduras, a successful Minuteman III Missile launch, a crash recovery exercise, a fitness challenge at Kadena Air Base and a joint spouses program. Hosted by Tech. Sgt. Lee Hoover.

Around the Air Force - Oct. 29 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023

This edition features stories on Air Force and local civilian fire fighters at Kadena Air Base conducting hazardous materials (HAZMAT) training, the U.S. building a stronger partnership with NATO ally Romania during exercise Dacian Thunder, Halloween safety, McConnell Air Force Base holding a sport bike safety course, and entomology Airmen providing relief to their comrades by capturing pests and keeping stray and wild animals off the flight line. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

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Around the Air Force — Sept. 2 (Long)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2023

This edition features stories on an announcement from the Department of Defense that all military personnel will receive an H1N1 flu vaccination, the Center for Disease Control developing target groups for those most at risk for contracting the flu, Airmen helping the Japanese government prepare for disasters through a joint training exercise, the first Airmen Committed to Excellence Car and Bike show at Kadena Air Base, and the first American Airmen to re-enlist at France's Arc-de-Triumph. Hosted by Tech Sgt. Chris Decker.

Around the Air Force — Dec. 17 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023

This edition features stories on U.S. and Belgium troops with veterans and well-wishers participating in the 32nd annual Bastogne Walk, the Patriot 7 course, which is designed to better prepare Airmen for scenarios where they will work with the militaries of other nations to conduct non-traditional warfare, the “Iron Chef” competition at Misawa Air Base, Santa Claus paying a visit to children at Kadena Air Base, and Aviano Air Base aircraft crew chiefs conducting inspections on aircraft to keep them performing optimally. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

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Around the Air Force - April 16 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023

This edition features stories on the Dignified Transfer of Remains of fallen service members and the troops who are responsible for this solemn, sacred ceremony, Kadena Air Base's security forces members testing their abilities after training for the local Operations Readiness Exercise, TAC-P's from the Second Air Support Operations Squadron (2 ASOS) preparing for an upcoming deployment by learning some life-saving skills, the changing role of the B-1 aircraft. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

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Around the Air Force - March 17 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023

This edition features stories on the start of the Air Force Thunderbird's 2010, a child from Western Afghanistan being treated for burns at the Kandahar Regional Medical Center, the National Guard sponsoring a weekly evening for patients and the chapel staff at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center at Ramstein Air Base, bio-environmental engineers at Kadena Air Base participating in an exercise to practice their skills, and a family in Yokota who have committed to fitness, training together and running the Tokyo Marathon together. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

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Around the Air Force - March 11 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023

This edition features stories on how maintenance crews supported a joint bi-lateral training exercise for U.S. and Japanese Airmen at Kadena Air Base, a San Antonio University hosting a student leadership summit focused on embracing diversity, Ramstein's Physical Therapy Clinic being named the best in the Air Force, the 35th Culinary Arts Competition at Fort Lee, Va., the Kandahar Air Field Clinic that is one of the only places in Afghanistan to donate blood platelets, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force (CMSAF) James Roy discussing issues affecting Airmen and focusing on the Year of the Air Force Family. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

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Around the Air Force — Dec. 18 (long)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023

This edition features stories on President Barack Obama signing the new Residency Relief Act, a tax relief effort for military spouses, the United Services Organization (USO) hosting a 13-stop celebrity tour for deployed troops in Afghanistan, an Airman training for Kadena Air Base's third annual Top Three Triathlon, the A-10 Thunderbolt II undergoing improvements that should keep it flying for an additional 8,000 hours, and an Airman who founded a program to spread cheer to wounded warriors during the holiday season. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

Around the Air Force - Aug 20 (long)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023

This edition features stories on members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron dropping 837 bundles of resupply in one week for deployed troops, a new record, the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (379th EAES) saving lives in Southwest Asia, the Dog Days 5K run at Maxwell Air Force for people and their pets, a basketball tournament at Kadena Air Base, Family Readiness Center Airmen hosting a Volunteer Appreciation Day for community members, and a married Air Force couple who are members of the Air Force band Touch ‘N' Go, preparing to deploy together. Hosted by Staff Sgt. Shannon Ofiara.

Around the Air Force - July 12

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023

This edition features stories on the 154th Wing receiving its first two new F-22 fighter jets, Airmen participating in a medical training exercise, a new escape system for the T-38 Talon and the First Term Airman Center Program on Kadena Air Base. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard

Around the Air Force - Jan. 12 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023

This edition features stories on invitations for the 2011 Air Force Community Assessment being sent to Airmen beginning Jan. 25, Gen. Roger Brady handing off command of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Allied Command on Dec. 13 to Gen. Mark Welsh, who is starting a European tour, Afghan and U.S. Air Force Airmen distributing aid to civilian contractors at the Afghan air force base in Kabul, Air Force Chief of Staff, and Gen. Norton Schwartz holding a question and answer session after his opening remarks at the Weapons and Tactics conference on Jan. 10 at Nellis Air Force base, Kadena Air Base incorporating use of the Defense Biometrics Identification System (DBIDS), and the One Suit Pro winning the Air Force Idea Program Award. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

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Around the Air Force - Dec. 15 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023

This edition features stories on Airmen at Kadena Air Base inviting the Japanese media on a flight during exercise KEEN Sword, a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony for residents of Edwards Air Force base residents, Lt. Gen. Stanley Kresge assuming command of 13th Air Force during a ceremony on Dec. 10, Yokota dormitory residents competing in an “Amazing Race” inspired event called Dorm Storm, a new 1/8 mile track at Misawa Air Base, aimed at helping service members stay fit to fight, especially during the winter months, and celebrities visiting troops based at Camp Liberty, Iraq, during the United Services Organization's (USO's) Holiday Troop Visit. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

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Around the Air Force - Nov. 24 (long)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023

This edition features stories on the Air Force releasing the Diversity Strategic roadmap, South Africa rejoining the United Nations command, Incirlik Air Base's inaugural Turkey Shoot, a deployed spouse Thanksgiving dinner at Kadena Air Base, Japan, U.S. Airmen and Japanese dog handler policemen conducting joint canine training at Misawa Air Base, and the historic finding remains of an ancient settlement at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. Hosted by Airman 1st Class Alina Richard.

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Around the Air Force - Nov. 19

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023

This edition features stories on parachute riggers training Afghans, environmentally safe techniques being used at Kadena Air Base, Japan to rebuild their flightline, a job fair at Lajes Field, Azores, 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron's maintenance work on jets in Lithuania and a firefighters skills competition at USAG Humphreys, Korea. Hosted by Senior Airman Brad Sisson.

Air Force Report: Valuable Lessons

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023

On today's Air Force Report Staff Sergeant Traci Keller tells us about how junior enlisted service members are teaching NCOs valuable lessons at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

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Air Force Report: 18th Wing Change of Command

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023

At Kadena Air Base,command was passed from one leader to another.

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Air Force Report:Expert Flight Nurse

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023

A Clinical Nurse Specialist Flight Nurse gives her medical expertise to her fellow nurse.

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Air Force Report: Wisconsin Air National Guard Visits Kadena Air Base

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023

On today's Air Force Report, Staff Sergeant Traci Keller tells us about a Wisconsin-based guard unit and its recent trip to Kadena Air Base, Japan.

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Ronald Reagan Era SAC Operations 1985 - 1990

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 86:28

Welcome to the fifty-eighth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. We are going to talk about nukes since there is so much about a possible WW III in all the media. President Ronald Reagan created the world's best nuclear deterrent capability in Strategic Air Command as he poured money into the military after years of neglect. The timeframe from when I showed up at the 509th Air Refueling Squadron in 1985 to 1990 when I left Pease as it was closing was a great time to be a KC-135 pilot at Portsmouth New Hampshire. I was flying an airplane I loved, doing a critical Air Force mission that was fun, and got to take a T-37 up whenever I could find another Copilot to go with me. It was a golden age of flying in my career. But still very dangerous as every third week I would go into an underground nuclear-hardened bunker and sit on Single Integrated Operations Plan or SIOP alert with six FB-111As carrying four nukes and five to six tankers to refuel them on their mission of Armaggedon. This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is sponsored by the Amazon Best-Selling book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit found in all four formats... Hardback, Softback, Kindle, and Audible. Twenty-two chapters give readers a behind-the-scenes look at global air operations from a KC-135. Visit Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. You can choose from four, six, and eight-foot-long aircraft profiles printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. These are very detailed prints of famous aircraft so please go to wallpilot.com and order one or two prints for your walls. Wall Pilot does custom artwork and patches too. Our products are weather resistant... one customer put his F-15 squadron patches on his boat and they stayed put and didn't fade! I loved flying the KC-135 Stratotanker and my assignment to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa was the best flying experience of my career... where I learned the most. The FB-111A was the SAC version of the swing-wing fighter bomber made famous during Desert Storm. This is a print of the FB-111A from Pease AFB I sat alert with many times. The B-58 Hustler named Cowtown Hustler set the speed record for flight from LA to New York and back to LA setting seven speed records until the SR-71 Blackbird came along. The E-6A Mercury Take Charge and Move Out or TACAMO aircraft was flown by the Navy and used for command and control of the submarine forces. The SR-71 Blackbird was SAC's very special and very fast reconnaissance platform moving at over Mach 3+! The Okinawans called it Habu, after a poisonous snake on the island because it looked so much like the reptile. Thanks for downloading and listening to this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast can be found on my website markhasara.com

Ronald Reagan Era SAC Operations 1985 - 1990

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 86:28

Welcome to the fifty-eighth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. We are going to talk about nukes since there is so much about a possible WW III in all the media. President Ronald Reagan created the world's best nuclear deterrent capability in Strategic Air Command as he poured money into the military after years of neglect. The timeframe from when I showed up at the 509th Air Refueling Squadron in 1985 to 1990 when I left Pease as it was closing was a great time to be a KC-135 pilot at Portsmouth New Hampshire. I was flying an airplane I loved, doing a critical Air Force mission that was fun, and got to take a T-37 up whenever I could find another Copilot to go with me. It was a golden age of flying in my career. But still very dangerous as every third week I would go into an underground nuclear-hardened bunker and sit on Single Integrated Operations Plan or SIOP alert with six FB-111As carrying four nukes and five to six tankers to refuel them on their mission of Armaggedon. This episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is sponsored by the Amazon Best-Selling book Tanker Pilot: Lessons from the Cockpit found in all four formats... Hardback, Softback, Kindle, and Audible. Twenty-two chapters give readers a behind-the-scenes look at global air operations from a KC-135. Visit Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. You can choose from four, six, and eight-foot-long aircraft profiles printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. These are very detailed prints of famous aircraft so please go to wallpilot.com and order one or two prints for your walls. Wall Pilot does custom artwork and patches too. Our products are weather resistant... one customer put his F-15 squadron patches on his boat and they stayed put and didn't fade! I loved flying the KC-135 Stratotanker and my assignment to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa was the best flying experience of my career... where I learned the most. The FB-111A was the SAC version of the swing-wing fighter bomber made famous during Desert Storm. This is a print of the FB-111A from Pease AFB I sat alert with many times. The B-58 Hustler named Cowtown Hustler set the speed record for flight from LA to New York and back to LA setting seven speed records until the SR-71 Blackbird came along. The E-6A Mercury Take Charge and Move Out or TACAMO aircraft was flown by the Navy and used for command and control of the submarine forces. The SR-71 Blackbird was SAC's very special and very fast reconnaissance platform moving at over Mach 3+! The Okinawans called it Habu, after a poisonous snake on the island because it looked so much like the reptile. Thanks for downloading and listening to this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast can be found on my website markhasara.com

Ghosts of Kadena Air Base

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 49:19

Could you imagine an Air Base that was so haunted they had to shut down a barrack? Kadena Air Base in Japan is notoriously haunted, with countless generations of Air Force men and women, along with civilians, claiming to see, hear, and experience ghostly phenomena. But is it believable? Listen now!Patreon: Support Believing the Bizarre and get tons of extra content by joining our Patreon.For updates, news, and extra content, follow Believing the Bizarre on social media:InstagramFacebookTwitterDiscordWant to discuss the episode on the day it drops with Tyler and Charlie? Follow on Twitch and check out the extended Twitch streams every Tuesday.Shop Merch: You can rep Believing the Bizarre and buy some unique merch

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Low Altitude Air Refueling Operations

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 78:49

Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I really appreciate all of you tuning in and downloading this and previous episodes of the show. One of the great memories of my KC-135 career was flying at low altitude with a receiver behind us. My first introduction to the planning and execution of low-altitude refueling was at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. All of our 909th Air Refueling Squadron tanker crews were certified to do this technique and procedure. This episode discusses the whys and hows of low-altitude air refueling with examples from training and actual combat. The lowest we'd go in the KC-135 is 3000 feet above the terrain, typically refueling the A-10 at 9000 to 10,000 feet. One international Air Force established the record for the lowest altitude refueling on an operational mission in one of the most daring and successful air strikes in the history of aerial warfare! The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is financed by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These are very detailed profiles of aircraft printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. One hundred twenty-seven Ready-to-Print profiles are available in four, six, and eight-foot-long prints. If there is a favorite aircraft you'd like to have your name, unit, tail codes, and weapons load, we can create a custom print for you too. The form is on the website. A 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 R Model print is available in the Ready-to-Print section here. The KC-10 has also done low-altitude air refueling. A print of a Travis AFB KC-10 from the 60th Air Mobility Wing is available in the Ready-to-Print section here. An F-4E of the 3rd TFS based at Clark Air Base in The Philippines which flew missions during Operation Desert Storm from Incirlik Air Base Turkey and participated in the 1989 GUNSMOKE bombing and gunnery competition at Nellis AFB can be purchased here. Thanks for downloading this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, found on my website at markhasara.com. We look forward to talking with you next week!

Low Altitude Air Refueling Operations

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2023 78:49

Welcome to the fifty-sixth episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast! I really appreciate all of you tuning in and downloading this and previous episodes of the show. One of the great memories of my KC-135 career was flying at low altitude with a receiver behind us. My first introduction to the planning and execution of low-altitude refueling was at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. All of our 909th Air Refueling Squadron tanker crews were certified to do this technique and procedure. This episode discusses the whys and hows of low-altitude air refueling with examples from training and actual combat. The lowest we'd go in the KC-135 is 3000 feet above the terrain, typically refueling the A-10 at 9000 to 10,000 feet. One international Air Force established the record for the lowest altitude refueling on an operational mission in one of the most daring and successful air strikes in the history of aerial warfare! The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is financed by Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. These are very detailed profiles of aircraft printed on vinyl you can peel off and stick to any flat surface. One hundred twenty-seven Ready-to-Print profiles are available in four, six, and eight-foot-long prints. If there is a favorite aircraft you'd like to have your name, unit, tail codes, and weapons load, we can create a custom print for you too. The form is on the website. A 909th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 R Model print is available in the Ready-to-Print section here. The KC-10 has also done low-altitude air refueling. A print of a Travis AFB KC-10 from the 60th Air Mobility Wing is available in the Ready-to-Print section here. An F-4E of the 3rd TFS based at Clark Air Base in The Philippines which flew missions during Operation Desert Storm from Incirlik Air Base Turkey and participated in the 1989 GUNSMOKE bombing and gunnery competition at Nellis AFB can be purchased here. Thanks for downloading this and previous episodes of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast, found on my website at markhasara.com. We look forward to talking with you next week!

Theory of Constraints Application at Kadena Air Base with Lt Col Joe Perez

Tesseract Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 57:04

In this episode, we take at a look at Theory of Constraints in action with Lt Col Joe Perez! He was a commander on the ground during TOC initiatives, and shares his insights into what it takes to make your projects successful.

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Ep. 52 Military Ghost Stories with Agent K

Eddie V's Horror Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 52:26

HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! Eddie is joined by semi-frequent contributor "K" (henceforth dubbed "Agent K") who shares some select ghost stories from military history, and some personal stories of paranormal encounters during his time in the Air Force. Ghost captured on CCTV at Kadena Air Base, gate 3, Okinawa, Japan: https://youtu.be/9S8pAqAWZko --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/edward-villanova/support

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Defense & Aerospace Podcast [Washington Roundtable Oct 28, '22]

Defense & Aerospace Report

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 52:02

On this Washington Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, sponsored by Bell, our guests are Dov Zakheim, PhD, former DoD comptroller, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Hudson Institute, Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Europe and NATO who is now with the Center for a New American Security and Michael Herson of American Defense International. Topics: — Update on National Defense Authorization Act and debt ceiling increase during the “lame duck” session after the election next week and the new Congress in January — Support for Ukraine on Capitol Hill as 30 progressives propose then rescind letter calling for talks with Russia — Gauging whether Republicans retake both House and Senate or just the House — How Washington and NATO counter Moscow should Russian officials make good on their threats to target US commercial spacecraft supporting Ukraine — Why Vladimir Putin appears to be easing off his nuclear rhetoric and whether he will be removed from power over the coming months — Takeaways from Chinese Communist Party's congress as Xi Jinping and a phalanx of hardliners take power, humiliating moderates including former premier Hu Jintao by physically removing him from the Great Hall during the closing ceremony, but also from the Standing Committee and Politburo — Implications of US Air Force's proposal to retire it's last two active duty F-15C fighter squadrons from Kadena Air Base on Okinawa and replace it with a rotational force — Demonstrations grow more violent in Iran as analysts debate longevity of the Islamic Republic — Analysis of the Biden administration's new National Defense Strategy as well as nuclear posture and missile defense reviews — Remembering the life and extraordinary legacy of the nation's 25th defense secretary, Dr. Ash Carter, who passed away of a heart attack at age 68

Flying Broncos, Smurfs and Eagles with Jeff Fellmeth

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 107:05

Welcome to the forty-first episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. Jeff Fellmeth, callsign Flounder, was my Boss at Kadena while assigned to 18 Wing Plans. We were busy. Flounder tells his exploits and lessons learned from flying the OV-10 Bronco over Europe to being one of the few people I know to fly the F-15C and F-15E versions of the mighty Eagle fighter. Jeff and I had the great fortune of working for some of the best leaders in the Air Force while stationed at Kadena, without a doubt one of the top three greatest flying and educational experiences of my career. The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is supported by www.wallpilot.com, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Visit the Ready-to-Print section for 125 detailed prints of aircraft from World War II to Fifth Generation fighters. Wall Pilot also does custom aircraft with your name, unit, tail codes or bureau number, and the weapons load you ask for in a custom-drawn graphic. You can order a custom graphic at this link. Go order four, six, or eight-foot long prints of the F-15C from the 67th Fighting Cocks F-15C at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and 335th Chiefs F-15E Strike Eagle as Jeff flew at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base from the Wall Pilot website in the Ready-to-Print section. Wall Pilot's airplane images are printed on vinyl and can be peeled off to stick on any flat surface. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit. This and previous episodes can be downloaded from my website under the Podcast pulldown. On next week's show listeners will learn the history of air refueling, from a five-gallon gas can on a man's back in 1921 to intense refueling operations over Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002.

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Flying Broncos, Smurfs and Eagles with Jeff Fellmeth

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 107:05

Welcome to the forty-first episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. Jeff Fellmeth, callsign Flounder, was my Boss at Kadena while assigned to 18 Wing Plans. We were busy. Flounder tells his exploits and lessons learned from flying the OV-10 Bronco over Europe to being one of the few people I know to fly the F-15C and F-15E versions of the mighty Eagle fighter. Jeff and I had the great fortune of working for some of the best leaders in the Air Force while stationed at Kadena, without a doubt one of the top three greatest flying and educational experiences of my career. The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is supported by www.wallpilot.com, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Visit the Ready-to-Print section for 125 detailed prints of aircraft from World War II to Fifth Generation fighters. Wall Pilot also does custom aircraft with your name, unit, tail codes or bureau number, and the weapons load you ask for in a custom-drawn graphic. You can order a custom graphic at this link. Go order four, six, or eight-foot long prints of the F-15C from the 67th Fighting Cocks F-15C at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and 335th Chiefs F-15E Strike Eagle as Jeff flew at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base from the Wall Pilot website in the Ready-to-Print section. Wall Pilot's airplane images are printed on vinyl and can be peeled off to stick on any flat surface. Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit. This and previous episodes can be downloaded from my website under the Podcast pulldown. On next week's show listeners will learn the history of air refueling, from a five-gallon gas can on a man's back in 1921 to intense refueling operations over Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002.

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Flying Broncos, Smurfs, and Eagles with Jeff Fellmeth

Another F*****g Horror Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 107:04

Welcome to the forty-first episode of the Lessons from the Cockpit podcast. Jeff Fellmeth, callsign Flounder, was my Boss at Kadena while assigned to 18 Wing Plans. We were busy. Flounder tells his exploits and lessons learned from flying the OV-10 Bronco over Europe to being one of the few people I know to fly the F-15C and F-15E versions of the mighty Eagle fighter. Jeff and I had the great fortune of working for some of the best leaders in the Air Force while stationed at Kadena, without a doubt one of the top three greatest flying and educational experiences of my career. The Lessons from the Cockpit podcast is supported by www.wallpilot.com, custom aviation art for the walls of your home, office, or hanger. Visit the Ready-to-Print section for 125 detailed prints of aircraft from World War II to Fifth Generation fighters. Wall Pilot also does custom aircraft with your name, unit, tail codes or bureau number, and the weapons load you ask for in a custom-drawn graphic. You can order a custom graphic at this link. Go order four, six, or eight-foot long prints of the F-15C from the 67th Fighting Cocks F-15C at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and 335th Chiefs F-15E Strike Eagle as Jeff flew at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base from the Wall Pilot website in the Ready-to-Print section. Wall Pilot's airplane images are printed on vinyl and can be peeled off to stick on any flat surface. Many customers have just framed them! Thanks for downloading and listening to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit. This and previous episodes can be downloaded from my website under the Podcast pulldown. On next week's show listeners will learn the history of air refueling, from a five-gallon gas can on a man's back in 1921 to intense refueling operations over Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002.

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Your Heart Doesn't Care If Care If You Have A Brain

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 76:18

Monique starts us off by covering what is considered to be the most haunted military base in the world: Kadena Air Base. Then, buckle your seat belts because in Amy's story of Nyleen Marshall, you won't see the twists and turns coming. If you liked this episode, please take a moment to rate, review, and subscribe. Edited by: Filip Đorđević

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Episode 33 - The Haunting of Building 2283

Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 86:05

Following one of the bloodiest battles in United States Military History, the Battle of Okinawa, a minor air strip was acquired by Allied forces. Yara Hikojo Airfield soon became Kadena Air Base. Over the next 60 years the small set of runways would transform into the single largest U.S. military installation in the Eastern Hemisphere. But personal and aware acreage were not the only things to build up over time here. Well over 200,000 human beings died violent deaths here in a period of 82 days. I don't think anyone would be shocked to find that this place is very very haunted.AND THERE'S A SAMURAI! Campfire: Tales of the Strange and Unsettling is created for adult audiences only. The content and discussion in this show will necessarily engage with various accounts that include violence, anxiety, fear, and occasional body horror. Much of it will be emotionally and intellectually challenging to engage with. We will flag especially graphic or intense content so as to never put you in an uninformed or unprepared position. We will do our best to make this a space where we can engage bravely, empathetically, and thoughtfully with difficult content every week. This week's episode includes the following sensitive content:Descriptions of the following:Extreme Graphic ViolenceSuicideSpousal ViolenceViolence against ChildrenHallucination Battlefield ConditionsGunshots Support Us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/campfiretalesofthestrangeandunsettlingSatisfy All of Your Merch Needs:https://www.teepublic.com/stores/campfire-tales-of-the-strange-and-unsettling?ref_id=25702Join the conversation on social media atwww.campfirepodcastnetwork.com Discord: https://discord.gg/43CPN3rzInstagram:instagram.com/campfire.tales.podcastGoodPods: https://goodpods.app.link/T0qvGnXnplbTwitter:www.twitter.com/campfiretotsau Facebook:www.facebook.com/campfire.tales.podcastVisit Our Linktree for Any and All Campfire Info:https://linktr.ee/CampfirepodcastSpecial Thanks:Gregg Martin for music contributions! Go follow him on Instagram at Instagram.com/reverentmusic , on Bandcamp at https://reverentmusic.bandcamp.com/releases or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/album/6QVhQsYQeeBVOtxrelehTI?si=V5CAxS8sSXyVFn14G7j-GAElias Armao for graphic design! Go follow him on Instagram at instagram.com/doggedlinedesignsupply Additional Music: "Eulogy" - Ghost Stories IncorporatedJonathan Dodd for merch design! Show him some love at https://linktr.ee/jonathandodd

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32 - THE PASSENGER, ZRKADLOK, THE BOOK SHOP, KADENA AIR BASE

THEY'RE NOT SHADOWS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 28:57

If you have a story you'd like to hear on the show send it to notshadowspodcast@gmail.com

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HEROBITES: Boston bombing survivor Linda Ambard discusses that fateful day near the finish line

HeroFront

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 6:12

Rates of stress and anxiety are increasing and it's estimated that 1 in 4 of us will experience mental health problems at some point in our lives. HEROBITES is my bi-weekly podcast clip for your mid-week motivation jump-start to get you fired up. Each week I'll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today's clip is from bonus episode 2 in honor of her late husband for Memorial Day published on May 31st 2021. She is one INCREDIBLE person and I highly recommend listening to the full episode if you have time. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SURVIVOR ADVOCACY COUNCIL LINDA K. AMBARD Linda K. Ambard is from Boise, Idaho, and is currently the community support coordinator at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. She works in resiliency and has been published for her research in positive trauma growth. Linda is the 2020 DoD Spirit of Hope Award recipient. She is the author of, “Courageously Alive, A Walk Through Military Loss” and has published work in “Wake Up, Kick Ass, Repeat.” She is the mother to five adult children, four of whom serve in the military. Linda was married to Maj. Phil Ambard for 23 years before he was killed in action. Maj. Ambard obtained his citizenship by joining the U.S. military at 18, where he spent 16 years enlisted and 10 years as an officer. His last duty station was as a professor at the United States Air force Academy. Maj. Ambard completed his Ph.D. five days before his deployment to Afghanistan. Serving on this committee allows Linda to honor her late husband's memory in a positive manner

Air Force Radio News 02 November 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021

Today's Story: Building a Force That Can Fight in the Dark

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Air Force Radio News 02 November 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021

Today's Story: Building a Force That Can Fight in the Dark

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Am I Enough?

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 26:01

Welcome to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit! There is one training event during my Air Force career I can truly say was transformational. And it started with a 3M sticky note on my desk written by the #3 Commander on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan. Fearing I wasn't up to this task, that Commander let me and my counterpart use our imagination and initiative to create one of the most complex and dynamic training exercises in 18th Wing history. This exercise trained the largest combined Air Force Wing of seven flying squadrons and three other flying units on how to plan and operate in any conflict across the Far East region. We did it with a Navy Carrier Battlegroup as our simulated adversary over an imaginary battlefield. The education and expertise I gained from this exercise were invaluable while deployed to the Middle East, planning and executing the air campaigns over Afghanistan and Iraq from 2002 through 2003. F-15C Eagle images can be purchased from our sponsor Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home or office at the following links: 44th Fighter Squadron F-15C "Chaos" 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Flanker 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Splinter Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy the show. Subscribe and share with your friends and loved ones who have a passion for aviation at Podcast at markhasara.com

Am I Enough?

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 26:01

Welcome to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit! There is one training event during my Air Force career I can truly say was transformational. And it started with a 3M sticky note on my desk written by the #3 Commander on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan. Fearing I wasn't up to this task, that Commander let me and my counterpart use our imagination and initiative to create one of the most complex and dynamic training exercises in 18th Wing history. This exercise trained the largest combined Air Force Wing of seven flying squadrons and three other flying units on how to plan and operate in any conflict across the Far East region. We did it with a Navy Carrier Battlegroup as our simulated adversary over an imaginary battlefield. The education and expertise I gained from this exercise were invaluable while deployed to the Middle East, planning and executing the air campaigns over Afghanistan and Iraq from 2002 through 2003. F-15C Eagle images can be purchased from our sponsor Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home or office at the following links: 44th Fighter Squadron F-15C "Chaos" 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Flanker 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Splinter Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy the show. Subscribe and share with your friends and loved ones who have a passion for aviation at Podcast at markhasara.com

Exercise Beverly High 94-6

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2021 26:00

Welcome to this episode of Lessons from the Cockpit! There is one training event during my Air Force career I can truly say was transformational. And it started with a 3M sticky note on my desk written by the #3 Commander on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Japan. Fearing I wasn't up to this task, that Commander let me and my counterpart use our imagination and initiative to create one of the most complex and dynamic training exercises in 18th Wing history. This exercise trained the largest combined Air Force Wing of seven flying squadrons and three other flying units on how to plan and operate in any conflict across the Far East region. We did it with a Navy Carrier Battlegroup as our simulated adversary over an imaginary battlefield. The education and expertise I gained from this exercise were invaluable while deployed to the Middle East, planning and executing the air campaigns over Afghanistan and Iraq from 2002 through 2003. F-15C Eagle images can be purchased from our sponsor Wall Pilot, custom aviation art for the walls of your home or office at the following links: 44th Fighter Squadron F-15C "Chaos" 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Flanker 65th Aggressor Squadron F-15C Splinter Thanks for listening and hope you enjoy the show. Subscribe and share with your friends and loved ones passionate about aviation at Podcast at markhasara.com

S04E07 - Ghosts of Kadena Airbase

Bedtime Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 17:28

It is common for locations that have played host to major military conflict to feature persistent manifestations of ghosts or other such paranormal entities. But the Japanese island of Okinawa is the site of a somewhat disproportionate number of supernatural sightings. Join us this week, as we walk amongst the Ghosts of Kadena Air Base.

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RFT 514: July F-4 Memories

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 24:36

Brushy Four On 1 July 1972 I was number 4 in Brushy Flight, attacking a target in Kep, North Vietnam. As we exited the target area, our flight was targeted by a Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) from our left 7 o'clock position. This SAM was tracking differently than a typical SA-2. The typical SA-2 traveled in a lead-pursuit flight path, not too difficult to defeat if you can see it. this SAM was different. It was traveling in a lag-pursuit flight path, aiming directly at out flight. We separated into two sections of two aircraft, about 1000 feet apart, with each wingman flying in close formation with his lead aircraft. As number 4, I flew in formation on the left wing with Brushy 3, the deputy flight lead. I watched the missile track toward our section in my left rear-view mirror. It was heading directly for me. As it was about to hit me, I flinched to the left and was immediately rocked by the sound of the explosion as it hit Brushy 3. Fortunately, Brushy 3 did not go down. The missile detonated as a proximity burst. His aircraft was leaking fluids, but continued to fly. Because he had lost his utility hydraulic system Brushy 3 could not refuel, so he would have to land at DaNang, South Vietnam, if his fuel supply lasted. I was assigned to escort him to DaNang. Miraculously, his fuel supply lasted, and he landed with an approach-end engagement on runway 17 left while I landed on runway 17 right. After refueling, I led another F-4 in formation back to Ubon. The reason I led the flight, at low altitude, was because the other aircraft could not pressurize. It had taken a small arms round through the rear canopy, right through the back-seater's heart. Walnut Four The Vietnam Veterans Memorial – The Wall – has panels that list the KIA (Killed In Action) casualties in chronological order of their loss. Panel W1, the last panel, encompasses the date July 30, 1972. My name is not on that panel, because my military Brothers, Sid Fulgham, J.D. Allen and the crew of Purple 28, saved my life. I was Number Four in Walnut Flight, four F-4s on a strike deep into enemy territory north of Hanoi. The flight was being led by our new squadron commander, Sid Fugham, on his first mission leading a strike over Hanoi, and J.D. was the deputy flight lead, Walnut Three. Enroute to the target, we faced heavy reactions. SAMs (surface-to-air missiles), AAA (anti-aircraft artillery) and MiG calls (enemy aircraft). As we egressed the target area over the Gulf of Tonkin, Lead called for a fuel check, and that was when we all realized that my fuel was significantly below the other airplanes in the flight. In fact, I wouldn't have enough fuel to make it to the post-strike refueling point. Sid was out of ideas, and that's when J.D. went into action. With Sid's concurrence, J.D. took command of the flight, sent us over to the emergency GUARD frequency, and made contact with the refueling tankers. One of them, Purple 28, volunteered to fly up into enemy territory to meet us. That crew put their airplane, their lives, and their careers on the line to save me. Back in 1972, navigation was not the GPS precision it is today. The INS (inertial navigation system) position on the F-4 could be off by as much as 10 miles for every hour of operation. The only way to roughly determine our position was radial/DME from a TACAN located on a Navy ship, far away. J.D. asked the tanker for his position from the TACAN, then gave the tanker a heading to meet up with us. Picking the tanker up on radar, J.D. told him when to begin his turn to a heading to match ours, and told him to start a descent. In the meantime, he directed me to start a half-nozzle descent. My WSO and I were running through the Preparation For Ejection checklist, and I was periodically reporting my fuel state. The last reading I recall seeing was 0 on the tape and 0030 on the counter. About two minutes fuel. With fuel gauge tolerance, perhaps a bit more, perhaps less. Up until this time I had simply been flying the headings, speeds and altitudes J.D. had assigned. I was pretty much operating on mental autopilot. The next thing I knew, I looked up and saw the refueling boom of the tanker directly above me, flying a "toboggan maneuver". I opened up my refueling door and immediately heard the rush of JP-4 entering my aircraft. And I knew I wouldn't need to step over the side on this mission. I think of J.D. and the tanker crew, and silently thank them, every time I hold my wife, my kids, my grandkids. If they hadn't stepped up to the plate when they did, I'm fairly certain I wouldn't have made it home. When you pull the ejection handle over shark-infested enemy-controlled water, there are a thousand things that can happen to prevent a happy outcome. So on this coming July 30th, I want to once again thank my Brothers, the brave tanker crew, Sid Fulgham, and J.D. Allen. My Last F-4 Flight In 1973 I was assigned to the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Kadena Air Base, in Okinawa. The squadron was on long-term TDY to CCK Air Base, in Taiwan. I was going through squadron check-out in the F-4C, and had flown a gunnery mission to Ie Shima bombing range in Okinawa. For several weeks before July 5th I had been feeling unusually tired. I still ran five miles every day, and put in a lot of hours at the squadron on my additional duties as Life Support Officer, as well as filling in for the Admin Officer, who was TDY. But, naturally, as a self-designated Iron Man, I didn't check in with a flight surgeon. On this flight, I was feeling really, really weak. During the pitch-out during our arrival back at the base, I was blacking out from two Gs! After we taxied in to park, I couldn't climb out of the airplane by myself, and an ambulance crew took me to the hospital. Turned out I had Mononucleosis. After I was released from the hospital, I was placed on non-flying duties for several months, and during that time I was reassigned to Wing Headquarters in a desk job. Although I continued to fly after I recovered, it was in the T-39 Sabreliner, not the F-4. So I never had the closure of a "champagne flight" in the F-4.

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Episode 157 - Haunted Bases

Two Girls One Ghost

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 95:28

There's no better way to celebrate the Fourth of July in America than to check out a few haunted military bases. Even the bravest people get spooked sometimes! Especially when located in Kadena Air Base and Fort Leavenworth. This episode is sponsored by HelloFresh, Pretty Litter, Stamps, Dipsea, The Pill Club, and Function of Beauty. Go to hellofresh.com/tgog14 and use code tgog14 for 14 free meals, including free shipping! Do what Sabrina did and make the switch to PrettyLitter today! Get 20% off your first order by visiting PrettyLitter.com and use promo code TGOG. Get a special offer that includes a 4-week trial plus free postage and a digital scale by going to Stamps.com, click on the Microphone at the TOP of the homepage and type in TGOG. Dipsea is an audio app full of short, sexy stories designed to turn you on. Get 30 days of full access for free when you go to dipseastories.com/tgog. The Pill Club is a birth control subscription, prescribed by a medical professional, and delivered straight to your door, for free. Go to thepillclub.com/tgog and sign up, which will donate $10 to Besider.org. Go to FunctionofBeauty.com/TGOG to take your quiz and save 20% on your first order. That applies to their full range of customized hair, skin, and body products. Finally, please Rate and Review the podcast on iTunes and follow us on social media! Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Editing by Upfire Digital. Original Music by Arms Akimbo!

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Linda Ambard - Reclaiming Life After A Terrorist Attack & Remembering Major Phil Ambard - Ep 11

HeroFront

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 75:08

Memorial Day bonus episode UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SURVIVOR ADVOCACY COUNCIL LINDA K. AMBARD Linda K. Ambard is from Boise, Idaho, and is currently the community support coordinator at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. She works in resiliency and has been published for her research in positive trauma growth. Linda is the 2020 DoD Spirit of Hope Award recipient. She is the author of, “Courageously Alive, A Walk Through Military Loss” and has published work in “Wake Up, Kick Ass, Repeat.” She is the mother to five adult children, four of whom serve in the military. Linda was married to Maj. Phil Ambard for 23 years before he was killed in action. Maj. Ambard obtained his citizenship by joining the U.S. military at 18, where he spent 16 years enlisted and 10 years as an officer. His last duty station was as a professor at the United States Air force Academy. Maj. Ambard completed his Ph.D. five days before his deployment to Afghanistan. Serving on this committee allows Linda to honor her late husband's memory in a positive manner

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EP 682 - Is The Military Building A Ghost Army?

Dead Rabbit Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 37:33

Today we break into a nerd’s ranch, and then we visit the most haunted military base on Earth! Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user?u=18482113 MERCH STORE!!! https://tinyurl.com/y8zam4o2 Help Promote Dead Rabbit! Dual Flyer https://i.imgur.com/OhuoI2v.jpg "As Above" Flyer https://i.imgur.com/yobMtUp.jpg “Alien Flyer” By TVP VT U https://imgur.com/gallery/aPN1Fnw Links: EP 681 - Too Darn Far! (Throwaway Alien Expose) https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-681-too-darn-far EP 593 - Will Aliens Destroy Jazz In July 2021? https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-593-will-aliens-destroy-jazz-in-july-2021 EP 643 - Is Hillary Clinton Pooping In Guantanamo Bay? (Real Raw News Part 1) https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-643-is-hillary-clinton-pooping-in-guantanamo-bay Ep 661 - Hillary Clinton's Shapeshifting Slacks From Outer Space! (Real Raw News Part 2) https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-661-hillary-clintons-shapeshifting-slacks-from-outer-space EP 668 - The Murder Machine Of Ohio University (Real Raw News Part 3) https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-668-the-murder-machine-of-ohio-university Ep 429 - (The forbidden episode!) https://tinyurl.com/unrzx83v EP 605 - The Boy In The Dishwasher https://deadrabbitradio.libsyn.com/ep-605-the-boy-in-the-dishwasher NAVY SEALs STORM Gates’ Wyoming Ranch https://realrawnews.com/2021/05/navy-seals-storm-gates-wyoming-ranch/ Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html Melinda Gates began divorce moves at time Bill’s meetings with Jeffrey Epstein revealed https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/10/melinda-bill-gates-divorce-jeffrey-epstein-meetings Latest Twist In Increasingly Acrimonious Gates Divorce https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/latest-twist-in-increasingly-acrimonious-bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-divorce-2450867 Long Before Divorce, Bill Gates Had Reputation for Questionable Behavior https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/business/bill-melinda-gates-divorce-epstein.html The Jonas Brothers Brought Big Rob on Stage to Perform "Burnin' Up" https://www.teenvogue.com/story/jonas-brothers-big-rob-reunion-perform-burnin-up Weird "possession" like behavior on a Marine base in Okinawa. https://www.reddit.com/r/Thetruthishere/comments/ne1gf8/weird_possession_like_behavior_on_a_marine_base/ https://archive.is/SvI5a Why Okinawa Is the Most Haunted Place in the Military https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/04/01/why-okinawa-most-haunted-place-military.html Battle of Okinawa https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa Kadena Air Base https://tinyurl.com/mb826ype ------------------------------------------------ Logo Art By Ash Black Opening Song: "Atlantis Attacks" Closing Song: "Bella Royale" Music By Dr. Huxxxtable Rabbitron 3000 created by Eerbud Thanks to Chris K, Founder Of The Golden Rabbit Brigade Dead Rabbit Archivist Some Weirdo On Twitter AKA Jack YouTube Champ Stewart Meatball The Haunted Mic Arm provided by Chyme Chili Pintrest https://www.pinterest.com/basque5150/jason-carpenter-hood-river/ http://www.DeadRabbit.com Email: DeadRabbitRadio@gmail.com Twitter: @DeadRabbitRadio Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DeadRabbitRadio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deadrabbitradio Paranormal, Conspiracy, and True Crime news as it happens! Jason Carpenter breaks the stories they'll be talking about tomorrow, assuming the world doesn't end today. All Contents Of This Podcast Copyright Jason Carpenter 2018 - 2021

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Episode 20 - Kadena Airbase in Okinawa and Hummel Park Omaha

Weekly Creep

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 55:51

You beautiful beautiful Creeps!!! Welcome to episode 20, we're so surprised we're still here, we're even more surprised that you're still here!!! This week Adam tells us about some of the freaky shit going on in Kadena Air Base and Dulce takes us on a little trip to Hummel Park in Omaha, Nebraska, where they don't know just how many steps are in their stairs and they seem to be having a terrible run of bad luck... or just bad people... Please listen, like, subscribe, rate, review and all of the good things!!! We really like to hear from our listeners so follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/weeklycreep/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGqpUgE5QlWpWQwMp6LzGaw https://twitter.com/weekly_creep https://www.facebook.com/WeeklyCreep https://open.spotify.com/show/0HDqWFKwuBHFWydCXX4kgV?si=y_wXIf61Tdih5fbb7tiSbA https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/weekly-creep/id1527820054 Thank you everyone for all the positive feedback so far!!! We sincerely hope you enjoy listening to our show as much as we like making it!!!

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EPISODE 226 - A Tunnel, A Tower, and a Gorge: Japanese Vengeance vs. Kadena Air Base

Boos and Brews Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 65:34

good stuff.

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44: Kadena Air Base

History of a Haunting

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 46:51

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Air Force Radio News 28 April 2020

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Today's Story: Global Initiative

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Sales and Business Success through Service and Mentorship with Frances Robbins

Sales Mastery

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 36:52

Zig Ziglar is often quoted by saying, "You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." Frances Robbins saw a need and took action to create a successful business.Frances is a mental health practitioner. She and her husband, Keith, served served in the medical facility at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. While there, they observed that the patient load was tremendous, but the doctors could only see so many patients, while nursing work stations remained unused. How could they help? From that discovery, they created Orient Staffing Solutions.She shares how simple curiosity about how they could help the clinic took them in a step by step process to solve a problem and create a business. She also shares the important role mentors played in her success.In business, especially as a solopreneur, getting focused on what's in it for me can lead to greed. A powerful tool to combat greed is the focus on serving without expecting to receive in return. And contrary to conventional wisdom, exceeding customer expectations without expecting extra leads to more business than you can imagine! Something as simple as a smile can be just what the doctor ordered!

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Kelli Cribbs Abad

The Vanished Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 52:20

In October of 2011, 27-year-old Kelli Cribbs Abad was living in Japan with her husband and two young children. Her husband, Vince, was stationed at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. On the evening of October 26, 2011, Kelli tucked her children into bed after she returned home from church. Her husband stayed behind at church to meet with their pastor. According to him, when he returned home, he couldn’t find any trace of Kelli and her car was gone. Kelli's vehicle was found abandoned three days later. In the nearly 8 years that have passed since that night, Kelli has never been seen or heard from again.If you have any information about the disappearance of Kelli, you are asked to text the Air Force’s Office of Special Investigations at “AFOSI” to the number 274637. You can also contact Okinawa base authorities at the Kadena Law enforcement desk at 098-961-2475.You can follow Kelli’s story on social media at: https://www.facebook.com/KelliCribbsAbadsMissingPersonSupport/This episode was sponsored by:Lending Club- Go to LendingClub.com/Vanished to check your rate in minutes and borrow up to $40,000.Daily Harvest- Go to dailyharvest.com and enter promo code VANISHED to get $25 off your first box.ThirdLove- Go to ThirdLove.com/Vanished now to find your perfect-fitting bra AND get 15% off your first purchase!Modsy- Go to Modsy.com, start a design project and use code VANISHED to get 20% off.You can find new episodes of The Vanished, completely ad-free, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com/wondery and use promo code WONDERY.

Episode 40—Leap Castle and Kadena Air Base

Legends in the Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019 37:06

Tonight J takes us to Ireland with some legends of the Leap castle, including a lady in red. Meanwhile Leslie takes you to Okinawa Japan and what is reported to be the most haunted home on an U.S. military base. So grab some coffee, don’t mind the ghosts and listen to these Legends in the Dark. Legendary shout out this week to Helena Montana! Thank you for listening. Also if you have your own haunted tale, send it to us at Podcastlegends@gmail.com, we would love to hear from you and feature the story on our show.

RFT 300: Air Force/Airline Pilot George Nolly

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 60:36

Special thanks to Shreenand Sadhale for suggesting this episode! Cliff Notes version of my career: Air Force Academy Undergraduate Pilot Training O-2A Forward Air Controller, Danang, Vietnam B-52 copilot, Mather Air Force Base F-4 Aircraft Commander, Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base F-4 Aircraft Commander, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa T-39 Aircraft Commander/Instructor Pilot, Kadeena Air Base, Okinawa O-2A Instructor Pilot, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida B727 Flight Operations Instructor/Flight Engineer, Unites Airlines O-2A Instructor Pilot, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida T-39/C-21 Instructor Pilot/Evaluator, Yokota Air Base, Japan B737 First Officer/Training Check Airman, United Airlines B737/B727 Captain, United Airlines B727 /B777 Standards Captain, United Airlines Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver/Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University C680 Flight Instructor/Evaluator, FlightSafety International B777 Senior Commander, Jet Airways, India IOSA Audit Team Leader B787 Instructor Pilot, Boeing B777 Instructor Pilot, Omni Air International Lecturer, Metropolitan State University of Denver Fleet Technical Instructor, United Airlines

RFT 298: B-2/Airline Pilot Keith Reeves

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 38:59

Keith Reeves wanted to be a pilot ever since he was a child, living on base at Kadena Air Base, Japan, and hearing the local F-4s and SR-71s taking off. When the family relocated to Selfridge Air Force Base he got the chance to get close to airplanes. A friend on base took him up for a flight in a General Aviation plane, and he was hooked. He attended the United States Air Force Academy, and flew with the Academy aero club. Before Undergraduate Pilot Training, he served as an engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, then he attended pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base. Kevin qualified for the T-38 track, then flew B-52's for 5 1/2 years, rising to the position of Instructor Pilot. While flying B-52s, he bought a Citabria, and kept it for 10 years. He applied to the B-2 program, and was accepted on his third attempt. He remained on the B-2 for the remainder of his flying career, stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base. In addition to the B-2, Keith was dual-qualified in the T-38. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, he flew a 37-hour flight. Keith now flies as a B737 first officer for a major legacy airline.

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RFT 190: Tuskegee Airman Ltc. George Hardy

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2018 38:51

George E. Hardy in March 1943, at the age of 17, passed the written and physical examinations for the US Army Aviation Cadet program. In July 1943 he was called to active duty and sent to Keesler Army Air Field, Biloxi, Mississippi, for basic training. In September 1943 he was assigned to the 320th College Training Detachment at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His group was scheduled to take college-level courses, at Tuskegee Institute, for a period of five months. This training was cut short in the beginning of December, as his group was transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field (TAAF) for Aviation Cadet training, as part of Class 44-H. In September 1944 he graduated as a single-engine pilot and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. In November he was transferred to Walterboro AAF in South Carolina for combat flying training in P-47 aircraft. This combat flying training was completed in early February 1945, and he was shipped overseas to Italy. In Italy, he was assigned to the 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, where he flew 21 combat missions over Germany in P-51 aircraft. Those missions were mainly high-altitude escort missions of heavy bombers, but many of the missions also included strafing of ground targets. He returned from Italy in August 1945 and served at TAAF, until it closed in the summer of 1946. In July 1946 he was transferred to Lockbourne AAF, Ohio where he was assigned to the 99th Fighter Squadron, flying P-47 aircraft. He was discharged from active duty in November 1946. He attended New York University, School of Engineering, in the Bronx, from September 1947 to May 1948. He was recalled to active duty at Lockbourne Air Force Base (LAFB), Ohio, in June 1948. He was assigned to the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, flying P-47 aircraft. In September 1948 he was reassigned as a student in the Airborne Electronics Maintenance Officers Course at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. The course of study covered radar and long-range navigational equipment on fighter and bomber aircraft. He graduated in August 1949. In July 1949 the USAF instituted racial integration and personnel at Lockbourne AFB were reassigned to Air Force bases worldwide. After graduation in August 1949, he was transferred to the 19th Bomb Group (B-29 Aircraft) on the island of Guam. He was further assigned to the 28th Bomb Squadron as a maintenance officer. His primary job was supervising about 25 airmen in maintenance of electronic equipment on the assigned aircraft. As a pilot he was also required to fly and was assigned as a copilot on a B-29 aircrew. The Korean War started 25 June 1950, and the 19th Bomb Group was transferred to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. He flew 45 combat missions over Korea in the B-29 aircraft. In March 1951 he returned to the states and was assigned to 6th Bomb Wing, at Walker AFB in New Mexico, as a maintenance officer. In June 1951 he was transferred to Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado for seven months training as an Armament Systems maintenance officer, specifically on B-36 aircraft. The B-36 aircraft was the largest aircraft in the Air Force, capable of intercontinental bombing missions without refueling. The armament systems field included not only the electronic navigational and bombing systems but also included the retractable gun turrets and maintenance and loading of the bomb bays. After the training at Lowry he was transferred back to Walker AFB and in December 1952 he was transferred to Carswell AFB, Ft Worth, Texas. He became part of the 42nd Bomb Wing (B-36 aircraft) and in March 1953 the wing was transferred to Limestone AFB, Maine. He served as a maintenance officer in the 42nd Armament and Electronics Maintenance Squadron (AEMS), until August 1955. In August 1955 he transferred to the United States Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio. He entered the undergraduate engineering program and in August 1957, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering. In September 1957 he was assigned to the 3rd AEMS, 3rd Bomb Wing (B- 57, Canberra aircraft) at Johnson Air Base, Japan. He was soon assigned as Maintenance Supervisor, a position he held for almost 3 years. The 3rd Bomb Wing areas of operations were in Japan, Korea and Okinawa. He became jet-qualified as a pilot and in 1959 he received the aerial rating of Command Pilot. In June 1960 he was promoted to the grade of Major. In November 1960 he transferred to Plattsburgh AFB, New York. He was assigned as Squadron Commander of the 4108th AEMS, in the 4108th Air Refueling Wing (KC–97aircraft). In the second half of 1962 his squadron held the 8th Air Force trophy for best AEMS squadron. In November 1962 he was notified by the Air Force Institute of Technology of his eligibility to apply for a new graduate level systems engineering course specializing in reliability engineering. He applied for the course and was reassigned, in January 1963, to the USAF Institute of Technology, at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio. In August 1964 he graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Systems Engineering - Reliability. In September 1964 he was assigned to the Electronic Systems Division of Air Force Systems Command, at Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts. In 1965 he received his promotion to the grade of Lt. Col. In August 1966 he was assigned as Chief of Engineering and Program Manager, for the Development, Installation and Cutover of the 490L Overseas AUTOVON (AUTOmatic VOice Network) Communications Switches, part of the Department of Defense first worldwide direct dial telephone system. The AUTOVON services within the continental United States was provided by the various telephone companies. With completion of the overseas switches, the Department of Defense and other government agencies would have almost worldwide, direct dial telephone access. The initial sites in Europe, Panama and the Pacific were successfully cut over in 1969. At the end of 1969 he received notice of a flying assignment in Vietnam and was provided with refresher flight training as an AC-119K Gunship Aircraft Commander. He was assigned to the 18th Special Operations Squadron at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam in April 1970. Although the squadron headquarters was at Phan Rang Air Base, the aircraft were located at two operating locations, one at Udorn Air Base, in Thailand, and the other at DaNang Air Base in Vietnam. He was assigned as the Operating Location Commander at Udorn Air Base, Thailand through August 1970. Missions were flown at night over northern Laos searching for truck traffic from North Vietnam. In September 1970 he was transferred to DaNang Air Base in Vietnam as Operating Location Commander. Missions were flown at night over central portions of Laos looking for truck traffic from North Vietnam. He flew 70 combat missions before returning to the states in April 1971. In May of 1971 he was assigned to the Inspector General's office at Air Force Systems Command, Andrews AFB in Maryland. He served in the IG's office until November 1971 when he retired with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. His decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor, the Air Medal with eleven (11) Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.

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All Hands Update: Blue Chromite

BLUE

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2017

Marines embarked aboard USS Ashland for exercise Blue Chromite.

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All Hands Update: Blue Chromite

All Hands Update

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017

Marines embarked aboard USS Ashland for exercise Blue Chromite.

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All Hands Update: CFAO Participates in Citadel Pacific 2017

All Hands Update

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2017

CFAO participated in Citadel pacific 2017, an annual exercise designed to enhance the training, readiness and capability of Navy Security Forces to respond to threats to navy installations and units

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RFT 091: Thunderbird Lead/Executive Director AOPA Air Safety Institute Richard McSpadden

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 29:10

Richard McSpadden was first introduced to flying when his mother presented his father with an introductory flight lesson. His father became a pilot and that started a generational love of aviation that passed to Richard and now to his children. His father purchased a Navion, and Richard earned his pilot ratings in the plane. Richard joined the Air Force after college, and found that the Navion time really gave him an edge in Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). His performance in UPT was instrumental in his getting the only F-15 assignment available to his graduating class. After attending F-15 training at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, he was assigned to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. He followed that assignment with an F-15A assignment at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. When it was time for a staff assignment, Richard became the Air Attache in the Republic of the Philippines, and flew the C-12 King Air aircraft as part of his duties. Seeing an Air Force announcement that the Thunderbirds were recruiting demonstration pilots, Richard applied, completing an extensive flying history and personal resume. He was selected for an evaluation flight, and took it in an F-16, which he had never flown before, and became the new Commander for the Thunderbirds. After his two-year tour with the Thunderbirds, Richard retired from the Air Force and pursued a career at Hewlett Packard. In 2017, Richard became the Executive Director of the AOPA Air Safety Institute.

RFT 088: Thoughts For USAFA Class 2017

Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2017 6:55

Congratulations on achieving what at times probably seemed impossible. As a member of the legacy class of 1967 I'd like to share some thoughts with you. As you go out into your first assignment, you’ll quickly learn that an Air Force squadron is truly a family, and your squadron-mates will quickly become your brothers and sisters. And you may notice that many of your contemporaries may not have the same posture, the same bearing, the same crisp salute that you have. That’s understandable - they didn’t have the advantage of being mentored 24/7 for four years by the finest, most highly-selected group of officers in the entire Air Force - your instructors, coaches and AOCs. But I can promise you that if you set the example you’ve learned over the past four years, everyone in your squadron will benefit. A short story. In my Ready For Takeoff podcast I interview a cross-section of pilots with interesting stories to tell. One of my guests, a pilot named Tony, shared his story. Tony was a Lieutenant in the 1950s, before there was an Air Force Academy. He turned down a Regular commission after ROTC graduation because he didn’t really plan to make the Air Force a career. He described himself as a very mediocre Lieutenant, with equally mediocre Officer Effectiveness Reports. He was going to put in his four years and then become a civilian. Then Tony was assigned to a squadron where he met a contemporary, an extremely sharp West Point graduate named Mike. Mike was always volunteering for projects, always trying to improve the squadron. Tony was impressed, inspired, and motivated by Mike’s example, and he began to rethink his career plans. He wanted to emulate Mike. Tony was an excellent writer, and started volunteering for projects, like rewriting most of the squadron manuals to remove the passive voice and create readable, concise text. And he became motivated to become a career officer. As you might imagine, Mike had a great career. In fact, General Michael Dugan became the 13th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. And, after reorienting his attitude, Tony had a great career also. He became a member of the Thunderbirds. He became a squadron commander as a major. And later, General Merrill “Tony” McPeak became the 14th Chief of Staff of the Air Force. So be the finest officer you can, and you may find that your civilian-educated contemporaries will surprise you. And realize this: like you, they have all volunteered to serve on active duty during a time of war. And that puts them, and you, in an elite club, the 1 percent of the entire American population that is serving their country. Like you and everyone else who has ever worn the uniform of our services, they each signed a check, payable to the United States of America, in an amount up to and including their lives. I can guarantee you that when you leave your squadron, or lose a squadron-mate, you will appreciate just how special your brothers and sisters are. The Reader’s Digest version of my career is: after pilot training I flew as a Forward Air Controller in Vietnam in the smallest airplane in the inventory - the O-2A, then flew the largest - the B-52, then volunteered for another tour in Vietnam in one of the fastest - the F-4. After my second tour in Vietnam, I went to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, in the F-4 and T-39, then became an O-2 instructor pilot at Patrick Air Force, Florida. At the eleven-year point I separated from the Air Force to pursue an airline career, and served in the Reserves as an Academy Admissions Liaison Officer. I enjoyed airline flying, but quickly discovered that qualities and characteristics we take for granted in the Air Force - character, discipline, cameraderie - are in really short supply in the civilian world. When I was furloughed by my airline, I was very fortunate to be accepted back into the Air Force, and had a great career, serving as an instructor pilot, evaluator, operations officer and squadron commander. I hung up my Air Force uniform for the last time 30 years ago this July, and returned to my airline job, where I had a very satisfying career, flying outstanding equipment all over the world. But, I’ll be honest, I still miss the Air Force to this day. In fact, about ten years ago there was a program called Retired Recall, where the Air Force brought old far…, I mean, mature officers, back on active duty for four-year tours. I signed up, volunteering to go to Afghanistan for one year, to be followed by three years teaching at the Academy. But it turned out I was ineligible, because there is a statutory requirement that line officers can only serve on active duty past the age of 64 if they are Brigadier General or higher in rank. I had an easy, obvious solution for that, but the Air Force told me “No, Major!”. I’ll leave you with one final thought. I had two civilian jobs before I was hired by my airline, and seven jobs after my airline retirement. In every case, my employment in those ten jobs was facilitated by networking. As of today, you have just become members of the Long Blue Line, which is an excellent opportunity for networking, to get help and to help others. I hope that in 50 years, as members of the Legacy Class, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts with the Lieutenants of the class of 2067. And I hope I will be able to join you.

Pacific Newsbreak for March 6, 2017

Pacific Newsbreak

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017

Pacific Air Force's first C-130J makes it home to a warm welcome from Yokota Air Base's community and commander.

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Air Force Report: Okinawa Marathon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2017

Volunteers at Kadena Air Base support the 25th annual Okinawa Marathon.

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Air Force Report: Joint Service NCO Induction

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2016

The island of Okinawa, Japan thrives on its joint environment, blending together several services and units to complete the mission. Air Force Staff Sergeant Tory Cusimano takes us to Kadena Air Base, Japan, were a special ceremony sought to foster that environment.

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Pacific Newsbreak for 16 March 2016

Pacific Newsbreak

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016

The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group arrives in the Republic of Korea for Exercise Foal Eagle, and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva kicks off a USO tour at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.

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Pacific Newsbreak for November 10, 2015

Pacific Newsbreak

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2015

Marines at the embassy in Nepal remember the fallen from earthquake relief; and athletes compete in the Special Olympics at Kadena Air Base.

PetLifeRadio.com - On The Road with Mac & Molly - Episode 8 Sparky and the Fire Museum

On The Road with Mac and Molly - Pets & Animals on Pet Life Radio (PetLifeRadio.com)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2011 39:04

This year marks the 60th birthday of Sparky the Fire Dog, the cartoon Dalmatian mascot of the National Fire Protection Association. Celebrations have been and will be held this year at sites all around the country. In the first half of our program, we’ll hear about some of these events and we’ll learn more about Sparky. Like many of the advertising icons that were introduced in the 1950s (from Tony the Tiger to Speedy Alka Seltzer) Sparky’s looks have changed considerably over the years. In recent days, he’s bulked up a bit and he’s become much more colorful. Today, he hosts his own website, has a Facebook page, and makes personal appearances all over the country. His likeness is seen in Sparky costumes, Sparky Valentines Day cards, Sparky birthday kits and Sparky robots. Sparky’s also finding himself the recipient of some pretty remarkable honors. One great example: a few months back -- on Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, Sparky was named a non-commissioned officer, a staff sergeant. This recognition was given to celebrate Sparky’s 23 years of service to the air base. Filling us in on Sparky’s life and the work of the organization he represents will be Massachusetts-based Lorraine Carli, Vice President of Communications for the NFPA. In the second half of the program, we’ll visit the city of Beaumont, site of the Fire Museum of Texas. In the plaza adjacent to the museum sits the largest working fire hydrant in the country (and perhaps in the world). From Carol Gary, the museum’s Executive Director, we’ll hear how that multi-story fire hydrant came to sit where it does. A hint: Disney, Dalmations and Cruella da Ville had something to do with it. From Carol we’ll also hear about what’s on offer especially for children at the museum and we’ll learn how dogs have worked side by side with firefighters pretty much since fire companies were formed. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Sparky and the Fire Museum on Pet Life Radio

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Kadena Helps Power Misawa

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011

B-roll of Airmen from Kadena Air Base, hooking a generator up to supply power to Misawa, Japan after the earthquake. Includes interview with Airman 1st Class Aaron Cope.Video by Petty Officer Karla Kominski. jpearthquake11

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Kadena Search and Rescue Crews Leave for Mainland Japan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2011

Package made from "Kadena Search and Rescue Crews Leave for Mainland Japan" in the B-roll section about a 4-ship of Air Force search and rescue crews from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, are on mainland Japan waiting to help with search and rescue efforts. Tech Sergeant Mike Tateishi (Tah-duh-ee-shee) was at Kadena’s 33rd Rescue Squadron where a single-ship was ready to meet up with the crews already there. Includes a sound bite Capt. Gabe Brown, 33rd Rescue Squadron Pilot.

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Kadena Sends Aid to Sister Airbase in Northern Japan

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2011

B-roll of Misawa Air Base helping to restore their commercial power that was lost on Friday. Airmen from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa took only a few hours from the telephone recall to getting to the airplane. In addition to the 18th Civil Engineer Group, members of Detachment 1 of the 554th Red Horse Squadron also left Kadena as well. Scenes include the civil engineers packing up their gear, entering buses and interviews before deployment to northern Japan. Soundbites from Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Jenks, Senior Airman Jordon Conn. Produced by Tech Sgt. Michael Tateishi. Also see "Kadena sends aid to sister airbase in Northern Japan" in the package section.

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Kadena Sends Aid to Sister Airbase in Northern Japan, Package