 Bellows AFS is operated by Detachment 2, 18th Force Support Squadron of the 18th Mission Support Group based at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.Located on the opposite side of Oahu is the similar Pililaau Army Recreation Center, part of the Armed Forces Recreation Centers system.Created in 1917 as the Waimanalo Military Reservation, the base was renamed "Bellows Field" in 1933 after Lt. Franklin Barney Bellows, a World War I war hero.