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  • Free cleaning supplies, safe environment

    Every year roughly 500 Airmen move out of Misawa AB, leaving behind harsh cleaning chemicals, paints, aerosals and other hazardous materials.The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron hazardous waste facility area ensures proper housing and disposing of this waste, which includes offering it for free to base

  • Air Control Flight: Eyes in the skies at Red Flag

    It’s a dark room, lit up by a handful of bright screens; each one displays locations of different airframes in the sky. It’s laid out like a virtual play book with Airmen who look like football coaches wearing headsets giving instructions.  They're the 610th Air Control Flight from Misawa Air Base,

  • Cloudy with a chance of jets

    Two weather forecasters from Misawa Air Base, Japan, were responsible for advising 100 pilots flying 86 aircraft and more than 1,500 personnel for the entirety of RED FLAG-Alaska 17-2.“It was intimidating at first,” said Senior Airman Joseph Goebel, a 35th Operations Support Squadron weather

  • Misawa defenders shock competition, return as champions

    The roaring crowd gradually wanes, falling on deaf ears, as the last shred of adrenalin jolts through his veins all the while peripheral vision narrows in, fixating on the opponent, and with the strike of the referee’s hands they advance into the tie-up position.Standing at 5 feet 6 inches, weighing

  • Fighter Squadrons 'switch hats' for multi-role capability

    The military lifestyle is all-inclusive of late nights, long shifts, and more often than not, living out of a backpack on weeks-long temporary duty. For the hard-working Airmen of the 13th Fighter Squadron, that reality is all too familiar.Two weeks ago, the 13th FS flew nearly 24 hours from their

  • 'My art is who I am'

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kelly Coats, a 35th Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, shares her story and the road to drawing comic art for the Air Force.

  • Security forces educates, inspires Misawa youth

    Misawa youth could be seen donning "drunk" goggles, holding various weapons and admiring a military working dog's work during a 35th Security Forces Squadron engagement, June 7.  The Misawa Teen Center organized the event for its members as part of its Keystone Club, under the Boys and Girls Club of