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Changing Spaces: A Proud Legacy

U.S. Army 22nd Space Company command team leads the attendees of a deactivation ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 12, 2024. The deactivation of the Army company marks the end of the Army permanent party assigned to Misawa Air Base, ending their 16-year-long mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)
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Changing Spaces: A Proud Legacy

U.S. Army Captain Gideon Bernthal, 22nd Space Company commander, gives a final address during a deactivation ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 12, 2024. With the departure of the 22nd Space Company, Misawa Air Base now officially relies on the 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 4 to maintain and excel at the Joint Terminal Ground Station mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)
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Changing Spaces: A Proud Legacy

The 22nd Space Company command team folds the company guidon during a deactivation ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 12, 2024. The U.S. Space Force Space Warning Squadron Detachment 4 was activated on October 25th, 2023, and has since worked with the 22nd Space Company on training the next generation of Guardians to take over the 22nd Space Company’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)
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Changing Spaces: A Proud Legacy

U.S. Army Cpl. Anthony Nanthasene, 22nd Space Company Soldier, stands with flowers to present to the family of the departing commander at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 12, 2024. The 22nd Space Company, 1st Space Battalion, held a deactivation ceremony, officially transferring full command of the Joint Terminal Ground Station (JTAGS) mission to the U.S. Space Force 5th Space Warning Squadron Detachment 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Koby Mitchell)
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A time of prayer

U.S. Air Force Airmen and volunteers hold hands during prayer prior to worship at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 29, 2017. The 35th Fighter Wing Chapel Corps trained approximately 300 volunteers in 2017 in order to support their various outreach programs for Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and their dependents. The team also engages with the off-base community and conducts monthly nursing home visits encouraging a healthy community relations with Misawa’s host nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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servicing services

U.S. Air Force Chap. (Capt.) Jason Rupp, a 35th Fighter Wing chaplain, prepares to speak for a chapel service at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Mar. 4, 2018. The chapel corps coordinates several programs for Team Misawa. In 2017, their efforts earned them the Pacific Air Forces Terence P. Finnegan Award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Resilient paddling on Lake Ogawara

A U.S. Navy team participates in a regatta competition during the first Team Misawa Resilient Relationships and Appreciation Day at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2017. Teams worked together, crafting their own boats to race during an obstacle course. The 35th Fighter Wing Chapel Corps coordinated the event as a morale booster testing their pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness—mental, physical, social and spiritual—which promoted a sense of community and equip personnel to perform optimally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Fighting the war of ropes

The 35th Fighter Wing leadership participates in a tug-o-war challenge during the first Team Misawa Resilient Relationships and Appreciation Day, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2017. The event, hosted by the 35th Fighter Wing Chapel Corps, afforded personnel an opportunity to see their squadron leaders participate in a resiliency challenge as they closed out the day leading by example. According to Air Force assessments on Airmen, ensuring all personnel exercise mental, physical, social and spiritual activities in their life, in and out of work, leads to a well-performing, mission ready Airmen who can better execute tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Slip and sliding Seaman

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Morales, a Commander Task Force 72 information systems technician, slides through an obstacle as part of a regatta competition during the first Team Misawa Resilient Relationships and Appreciation Day, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18, 2017. The regatta, which is a boat racing competition, challenged personnel with working together to build their own boats, test its floatation and race in Lake Ogawara. The 35th Fighter Wing Chapel coordinated the event and tested teams’ capabilities to think critically and work together, exercising their physical and mental pillars of resiliency, which service members incorporate in their daily career tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Bad bite to the bone

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sergeant 1st Class Tetsuya Aoyama, left, a 1st Training Unit assistant English instructor out of Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, and Senior Master Sgt. Dennis Kuzel, right, the 35th Security Forces Squadron S-3 operations superintendent, observe military working dog tactics during an exchange program at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14, 2017. Misawa Air Base hosts the exchanges with JGSDF personnel twice a year, allowing their basic English course students to immerse themselves in an English-speaking military environment, further improving the relationship between the two forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Tightening the tow chains

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sergeant Kimura Mitsuhiro, left, a 1st Training Unit gunner out of Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, works with U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Wilson, right, a 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation technician, to tighten towing chains during an exchange program at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14, 2017. As a part of their basic English course curriculum, Misawa provides an opportunity for the JGSDF members to apply their acquired language skills by pairing JGSDF members together with their U.S. Air Force counterparts who perform similar jobs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Touch the tow, be the tow

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class David Wilson, left, a 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron ground transportation technician, explains to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sergeant Kimura Mitsuhiro, right, a 1st Training Unit gunner out of Camp Higashi-Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, how to use a rollback wrecker towing truck during an exchange program at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14, 2017. Not only did the JGSDF members have an opportunity to practice their English, they embedded with their U.S. Air Force counterparts, who taught them how to perform their day-to-day duties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sadie Colbert)
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Up, up we go

The Tusgumori family step into an aircraft during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The children had the opportunity sit in cockpit of a variety of aircraft and learn about the equipment that keep the U.S. armed forces and Japan Self-Defense Force mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Just hold me mama

Japanese national Uma Tsuginomori, left, is held by her mother, Mitsue Tsuginomori, right, during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. During the air show, attendees witnessed flying demonstrations of the F-15J, F-2, CH-47J Chinook and a UH-60J Black Hawk. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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He flew right through it

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 pilot performs an air-to-ground attack demonstration during Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon that highlights the two nation’s bilateral partnership in its 60/40 split in manufacturing and the two nation’s mission focus at Misawa. More than 80,000 Japanese and Americans came out for the annual air show with performances ranging from the JASDF F-2 and U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, to the dozens of static displays and food booths scattered from one end of the flight line to the other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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After burners, jets, demos, oh my

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15J Eagle pilot maneuvers through the sky during Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The F-15 Eagle is an all-weather, extremely maneuverable, tactical fighter designed to permit the Air Force to gain and maintain air supremacy over the battlefield. The air show was filled with aerial demonstrations, aircraft static displays and hands-on military equipment presentations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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After burners, jets, demos, oh my

U.S. Air Force Maj. Richard Smeeding, Pacific Air Forces Demonstration Team pilot, performs an aerial manuever during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. Smeeding performed several maneuvers demonstrating the compact, multi-role fighter F-16’s combat capabilities. It is highly maneuverable and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack. It provides a relatively low-cost, high-performance weapon system for the United States and allied nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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After burners, jets, demos, oh my

U.S. Air Force Maj. Richard Smeeding, Pacific Air Forces Demonstration Team pilot, performs an aerial manuever during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The team is comprised of members from 13th Fighter Squadron, 14th FS and 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The team includes one pilot, two narrators, one safety observer, a superintendent and a maintenance team composed of three crew chiefs and four specialists, responsible for the aircraft's avionics and electrical systems and engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Crowds gone F-16 FF wild

Japanese nationals watch an F-16 Fightering Falcon drive by during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The team is comprised of members from 13th Fighter Squadron, 14th FS and 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The team includes one pilot, two narrators, one safety observer, a superintendent and a maintenance team composed of three crew chiefs and four specialists, responsible for the aircraft's avionics and electrical systems and engines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Patiently waiting

Japanese nationals wait to enter an aircraft during the Pacific Partners Air Festival at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 10, 2017. The children had the opportunity sit in cockpit of a variety of aircraft and learn about the equipment that keep the U.S. armed forces and Japan Self-Defense Force mission ready. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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