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U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse Friedel (center), Misawa Air Base installation commander, celebrates with Japanese Air-Self Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahiro Kubota (left), 3rd Air Wing commander, and Mr. Akio Takebayashi (right), Misawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, after dedicating the Misawa Officer’s Club Ballroom as the “Tomodachi Room” at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 11, 2021. The room was dedicated on the 10-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and named after Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Joao Marcus Costa)
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Orphanages receive "Ron & Don Show" donations

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Gemini Sanford (right,) wife of Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Sanford of Naval Air Facility Misawa, escorts, Mr. Goto, a representative of Aomori Prefecture Orphanages, through Edgren High School at Misawa Air Base June 28. More than 96,000 lbs of donations, collected from listeners of "The Ron & Don Show" in Seattle, were sorted for distribution to local orphanges. (U.S. Air Force Photo by SSgt April Quintanilla/released)
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Misawa City inspects "Ron and Don" donations

Misawa Air Base, JAPAN -- Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander (second from left,) introduces Gemini Sanford (left) to Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi (fifth from left) June 25 at Edgren High School here. City officials received their first glimpse of more than 96,000 lbs of donations collected by listeners of the "Ron and Don Show", a Seatte-based radio program. Misawa volunteers received and sorted the goods, intended for delivery to local orphanages. (U.S. Air Force Photo by SSgt April Quintanilla/released)
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"Recovery efforts appreciated; Misawa Mayor gives thanks"

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi presents a letter of appreciation to Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, for the support received from Misawa Air Base during Operation Tomodachi June 13. More than 2,400 volunteers from Misawa Air Base have provided more than 37,000 hours of support for the local community since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan March 11 (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)
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"Recovery efforts appreciated; Misawa Mayor gives thanks"

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Misawa City Mayor Kazumasa Taneichi presents a letter of appreciation to Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, for the support received from Misawa Air Base during Operation Tomodachi June 13. More than 2,400 volunteers from Misawa Air Base have provided more than 37,000 hours of support for the local community since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan March 11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)
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Misawa Helps partners with Focus 5/6 to feed evacuation shelter residents

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Misawa Air Base offer a variety of desserts to shelter residents in Miyako City April 23. While hamburgers and hot dogs were offered, Airmen said the desserts were the big hit among the Japanese. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
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Misawa Helps partners with Focus 5/6 to feed evacuation shelter residents

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Misawa Air Base feed evacuation shelter residents in Miyako City April 23. Misawa Helps partnered with Focus 5/6 to offer American-style barbecue for the shelter residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
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Misawa Helps partners with Focus 5/6 to feed evacuation shelter residents

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- An Airman with Focus 5/6 grills hamburgers and hotdogs outside an evacuation shelter in Miyako City April 23. Misawa Helps organized a volunteer mission with the Misawa International Club and Focus 5/6 to feed and entertain more than 65 shelter residents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Clarence Armas)
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Newcomers; Misawa is safe! This is how we know

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Cifuentes, 673rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, bioenvironmental technician, reads the display on a multi-purpose survey meter for radiation levels at Misawa Air Base April 29. The radiation levels displayed reflect the same readings Misawa Air Base has been receiving since the earthquake -- zero amounts of radiation above background levels found. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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Newcomers; Misawa is safe! This is how we know

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Tech. Sgt. Vanessa Cifuentes, 673rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, bioenvironmental technician, scans filter paper removed from a high-volume air sampler at Misawa Air Base April 29. Bioenvironmental engineers have found no significant traces of radiation since the March 11 earthquake. Sergeant Cifuentes is augmenting the 35th AMDS and she is from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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Newcomers; Misawa is safe! This is how we know

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Maj. David Kempisty, 35th Aerospace Medicine Squadron installation radiation safety officer, shuts off a high-volume air sampler stationed on Misawa Air Base’s flightline April 29. The HVAS is used to detect radioactive particles in the air by collecting 1,000 cubic-feet of air every 50 minutes and trapping the particles on filter paper. Major Kempisty has been monitoring radiation levels here at Misawa since the earthquake and he has not detected any radiation above the normal background levels. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Kai Hall, 35th Communications Squadron, gets big hugs from his son Izaiah, and daughter Aniyah, 22 April. Airman Hall's wife Christina and children returned to Misawa on the first patriot express flight along with more than 150 other passengers. The families were in the United States as part of the Department of State-authorized voluntary departure program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Capt. Brandi Rountree, 35th Fighter Wing sexual assault response coordinator, holds her daughter Mikaia Rountree 22 April. During a one-week period following the 11 March earthquake in Japan, more than 1,300 family members travelled to locations in the U.S. on one of six chartered flights that departed Misawa as part of the Department of State-authorized voluntary departure program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nicole Way hugs her husband Senior Airman Christopher Way, 35th Communications Squadron, after returning from her safe haven location 22 April. Family members temporarily relocated to the continental United States while restoration efforts continued in Japan after the 9.0 earthquake 11 March. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Jason Kidd, 35th Security Forces customs officer, ensures Nicole Way, spouse of Senior Airman Christopher Way, 35th Communications Squadron, clears customs 22 April. Military family members, Defense Department civilians and contractors assigned to mainland Japan were eligible to depart for a period not to exceed 30 days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Al Wimmer, 35 Fighter Wing Vice Commander, gives four-year-old Mark Gillett, son of Staff Sgt. Mark Gillett, 35th Communications Squadron, a high five as he steps off the plane 22 April. Mark and his mother were one of more than 1,300 dependents from Misawa who participated in the Defense Department approved voluntary departure for families affected by the March 11 earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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Military Families return to Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – A Boeing 767 aircraft, dubbed the “patriot express,” arrives 22 April. More than 150 passengers returned to Misawa on the first flight after the voluntary authorized departure order was lifted by the Defense Department 15 April. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)
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24/7 coverage, wing CP always busy

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. John Hamilton, left, and Lt. Col. Tony Jarry, coordinate a telephone recall of base leadership while Master Sgt. William Scott, confirms heavy airlift into Misawa for Operation Tomodachi relief efforts 19 April. All three Airmen are members of the 35th Fighter Wing's Command Post. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Phillip Butterfield\Released)
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Faces of Operation Tomodachi

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Johnson, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron from Misawa AB, and a Shoemakersville, Pa.-native, uncovers a Bomb Dummy Unit – 50 practice munition at Draughon Bombing Range April 8 after the tsunami swept through the area wiping out the targets and spreading munitions across the beach. Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams uncover the munitions and blow them up with C-4 explosives to prepare for clean up crew to come through and remove the remaining fragments. This is part of the Misawa AB recovery effort in support of Operation Tomodachi.
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Faces of Operation Tomodachi

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Harrris, an executive officer with the 373th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group from Misawa Air Base, and a Woods Cross, Utah-native, speaks with Japanese Self-Defense Force Col. Takeshi Hirano, 26th Regiment commander, in a tsunami-stricken area here in Iwate Prefecture, Japan to support Operation Tomodachi March 29. More than 1,500 volunteers have worked nearly 17,000 hours providing clean-up efforts in the Japanese community since the devastating earthquake and tsunami March 11.
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