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  • Team Kadena MC-130J takes flight out of Misawa

    Kadena Air Base Airmen flexed their capabilities off the northern coast of Japan during Exercise Gryphon Jet 10, an integrated training exercise focused on improving interoperability throughout the special operations community, Aug 3-12, 2020.

  • USAF, JASDF strengthen Agile Combat Employment capabilities

    U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen conducted bilateral training centered on honing defensive counter-air and Agile Combat Employment capabilities and developing Multi-Capable Airmen during an Aviation Training Relocation event at Chitose Air Base, Japan, 24 through 28 Aug.

  • Fifth Air Force, Air Support Command leadership visit Misawa, Chitose

    Japan Air Self Defense Force Air Support Command vice commander, Maj Gen. Koji Imaki, and U.S. Air Force Fifth Air Force vice commander, Brig Gen. Leonard Kosinski, visited Misawa Air Base, Japan, and Chitose Air Base Japan, Aug. 24 through 26, 2020, to discuss strengthening bilateral operations.

  • PRESS RELEASE: Misawa members confirmed with COVID-19

    A SOFA member of the Misawa Air Base community tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation on base.This individual has been in ROM status since arriving on a government-chartered flight and was identified as a result of end-of-ROM testing. This member had no contact with the on- or off-base

  • PRESS RELEASE: Misawa members confirmed with COVID-19

    A SOFA member of the Misawa Air Base community tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation on base.This individual has been in ROM status since arriving on a government-chartered flight and was identified as a result of end-of-ROM testing. This member had no contact with the on- or off-base

  • U.S. Navy, Air Force Conduct Joint Integrated Training in FDNF

    The U.S. Navy and Air Force are conducting joint integrated training off the coast of Northern Japan. Units and personnel assigned to the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, Navy Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131, and the Air Force 35th Fighter Wing began coordinated operations August

  • Exercise WestPac Rumrunner – the second iteration

    The 18th Wing hosted the second iteration of Exercise WestPac Rumrunner – an exercise designed to train and improve capabilities and joint interoperability using agile combat employment (ACE) concepts – July 31, 2020, at Kadena Air Base.The exercise allows for the United States Army, Navy, Marines