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  • Team Misawa beautifies Lake Ogawara campsites

    Team Misawa Airmen rid Lake Ogawara, Misawa City, Japan, campsites of debris, leaving them safer and more beautiful for the local community to enjoy, Oct. 28.The four-man team walked along a half-mile bend, picking up approximately 100 pounds of trash, ranging from small plastic bottles to a toilet

  • Team Misawa supports Wisconsin guardsmen, executes mission

    Badgers aren’t normally considered flying animals, but when you give them some tools, an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine and a cool facility, they are more than capable to provide fully-functional jet engines that power highly-maneuverable aircraft.The 35th Maintenance Squadron backed four Air

  • Range Day showcases Wild Weasel mission

    More than 340 Airmen and family members attended the annual Range Day event hosted by the 35th Operations Group at Draughon Range outside Misawa AB, Oct. 26.“Range Day allows Team Misawa to interact with different squadrons from around the base and see how they all act as pieces of a puzzle that fit

  • Soldiering through annual land navigation course

    With weight wearing down on their backs and darkness engulfing the morning, members of the Delta Detachment, 1st Space Company, rucked through the backwoods of Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 18.Only equipped with headlamps, a compass, a topographic map and a protractor, Soldiers made their way through

  • Misawa Airmen 'scrape' together new idea

    Have you ever wondered a no-fail way to make your boss happy? It's easy -- get your aircraft in the air, quicker, and save money while doing it.Two Airmen from the 35th Maintenance Squadron did just that by innovating a process to overcome old paint and unreliable tools.When paint on the aircraft

  • Airmen see hard work materialize from Viper backseat

    A critical piece in the preparation to fly in an F-16 Fighting Falcon is to ensure the pilots are equipped for any situation.The 35th Operations Support Squadron's aircrew flight equipment technicians fix helmets, oxygen masks, harnesses and all life-saving equipment, providing the highest level of

  • USAF, USN and JGSDF: Iron Spear exercise sharpens alliances

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members banded together to practice an array of offensive/defensive firepower during exercise Iron Spear, Oct. 11 through 13.Through joint, bilateral planning and mission execution, approximately 300