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  • Navy Super Hornets leave nest, soar skies with Air Force Falcons

    Several U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115 from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, honed joint-integration tactics with Misawa Air Base’s F-16 Fighting Falcons across Northern Japan skies, Feb. 28.Falcon and Super Hornet pilots worked together to rapidly

  • UPDATE: U.S. joint cleanup efforts continue at Lake Ogawara

    Sailors from Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka and Sasebo along with Airmen assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing ensured cleanup efforts continued at Lake Ogawara, March 10.The team collected additional environmental samples, broke ice, removed several pieces of debris and searched for remaining

  • Taking the LEAP

    Capt. Julian Gluck took his passion for the Japanese culture and language and elevated it by participating in the Language Enabled Airman Program. Exercise Cope North 2018 provided him yet another opportunity to put his passion to use when Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Maehara visited Andersen Air Force Base and

  • Hafa adai! 14th FS and AMU work out of Guam

    Whenever you walk into a restaurant or store on Guam, you'll usually find a "Hafa adai" waiting for you on the other side of the door. For the last two weeks, Andersen Air Force Base and the rest of Guam gave this bright welcome to members of the 35th Fighter Wing in the midst of exercise COPE NORTH

  • Misawa defenders secure PACAF-level award

    Team Misawa’s 35th Security Forces Squadron received the Pacific Air Forces’ outstanding medium security forces unit of 2017, beating nine other bases in the command. The squadron consists of 225 U.S. Air Force active duty, civilian and Japanese national members divided among three flights, with two

  • USFJ command chief welcomes JASDF F-35A to Misawa

    The United States Forces Japan and 5th Air Force command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Terrence A. Greene, joined Misawa Air Base leadership in welcoming the first operational Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A Lightning II during a commemoration ceremony, Feb. 24.