The 554th RED HORSE Squadron hosted Marine Corps civil engineers for a week-long course in emergency runway repair at Kadena AB, Japan. “In a fiscally constrained environment, this type of training enables us to support and develop the integration of joint operations between the Air Force and Marine Corps,” stated Maj. Lynn Moriarty, 554th RHS, Det. 1 commander. Based at Camp Foster on Okinawa, Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 is tasked with supporting forward deployed air units, but lacks training facilities such as Kadena’s Silver Flag area. Keeping runways open and serviceable is key to MWSS-172’s support mission. Working with the Red Horse airmen “greatly improves our capabilities, making us a force multiplier within the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing,” explained SSgt. Frederick Henson, MWSS-172 company sergeant. (Kadena report by SrA. Shaunlee Hostutler)
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?