Seating for two

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Mr. Hiroki Hayashi, 35th Force Support Squadron recreation specialist and Tech. Sgt. Joji Johnson, 35th FSS fitness NCO in charge, carry benches out of the East locker room June 19 at the Potter Fitness Center. The East locker room will be receiving a new floor during the gym’s renovation project scheduled to be completed in October. Total cost of the renovation is approximately $1 million. (Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

Daiko service expanded

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – Many Misawa City taxi companies offer “daiko” service, meaning “to do for another,” where they will not only drop patrons at their homes, they will also drive their cars home, too. The Misawa Air Base taxi service, contracted by Army Air Force Exchange, expanded its daiko service to include Fridays. (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield) (Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

Misawa Air Base retires senior enlisted leader

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Chief Master Sgt. Ricky Price reads an old birthday letter from his mother during his retirement speech June 19, 2009. Chief Price credited his parents for raising him to have the character he relied on throughout his military career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Misawa Air Base retires senior enlisted leader

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Chief Master Sgt. Ricky Price gives a final salute to the American flag during his retirement ceremony June 19, 2009. Staff Sgt. Tiffany Arrington, bearing the flag, was one of the first people Chief Price met upon assuming the role of command chief master sergeant of the 35th Fighter Wing in 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Misawa Air Base retires senior enlisted leader

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. David Stilwell, 35th Fighter Wing command, and Chief Master Sgt. Ricky Price, 35th Fighter Wing command chief master sergeant, walk out of a hangar June 15, 2009. Colonel Stilwell flew both Chief Price and a flag in an F-16 Fighting Falcon to commemorate Chief Price's retirement later that week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

Misawa Air Base retires senior enlisted leader

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Two fire trucks shower an F-16 Fighting Falcon as it leaves the tarmac June 15, 2009. A tradition normally reserved for pilots on their final flight, this shower commemorated Chief Master Sgt. Ricky Price, 35th Fighter Wing command chief master sergeant, on the week of his retirement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)