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  • Hometown News kicks off Holiday Greetings Program

    The Army and Air Force Hometown News Service from San Antonio once again will have a camera team traveling throughout the Pacific region and Europe in September and October recording holiday greetings for broadcast on stateside television and radio stations. The team will record greetings at Misawa

  • Misawa air fest attracts thousands of guests

    Although the threat of rain seemed imminent, fairly clear skies prevailed and the Misawa Air Fest opened with a flyby in honor of Mayor Shigeyoshi Suzuki, Misawa City mayor, who passed away in April. Tens of thousands of guests attended the annual festival co-sponsored by the Japan Air Self-Defense

  • Gather 'round the dinner table

    Commissary officials urge military families to enjoy a meal together often, but especially on Sept. 24, to support Family Day, a national movement that encourages parental involvement in the lives of their children as a way of decreasing the odds of substance abuse. "Sharing a meal with someone is

  • Four Chaplains Center growing

    Participation was slow at first, but as word spread the new Four Chaplains Center here has been growing and so has attendance, said the director. "It was a soft start," said Chaplain (Capt.) Matthew Boarts, Misawa chaplain and director of the facility. "But we're still building and putting in new

  • F-16s stay close overhead

    Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped guided bomb unit-38s