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  • Dissimilar air combat-training assures PACAF commitment

    U.S. and Japanese pilots with the 35th Fighter Wing and 3rd Air Wing participated in dissimilar air combat-training as part of their monthly bilateral ritual here, last week.“DAC-T is a practice of using various aircraft while integrating with other national forces to execute one common goal,” said

  • Joint service air evacuation enables crucial care

    Airmen, Soldiers and U.S. and Japanese civilian personnel from six different locations around the world teamed up to provide the largest aeromedical evacuation ever at Misawa Air Base, Japan for two critical patients March 22.The Air Force AE System is a unique and significant part of the nation’s

  • Circle of life: Team Misawa releases baby salmon into wild

    Families and children flooded the Oirase Salmon park, as the wind whipped around them, for the 20th Annual Baby Salmon Release, March 18.“This event plays a big part in both uniting with our gracious Japanese hosts and reminding us of our connection with the environment,” said Zakary Payne, the 35th

  • Welding Weasels; 35th MXS mend Falcon mission

    The 35th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technicians use their skills to fabricate and modify parts to fit mission requirements, enabling Misawa to bring the fight to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region by enhancing our principles, partnerships, presence and power projection over a wider geographic

  • Firedogs go against the grain, set building ablaze

    As the sun set, Misawa firefighters raided a structure not to extinguish flames, as one may expect, but to ignite it themselves, here, March 15.Rather than bulldoze, the firefighters incinerated the Ninja Zone, formally a civil engineer work-center, to save demolition costs.“The wooden foundation

  • 35th Medical Group Airmen win big

    The release of the Air Force Surgeon General’s announcement revealed three Airmen from the 35th Medical Group as recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2016 individual Awards.Recipients of these awards include:Senior Airman Andrew RankinU.S. Air Force Surgical Service Airman of the YearStaff

  • Soccer grants universal language between two nations

    The creation of Misawa United brought people from two nations together to foster a greater understanding through a shared love of sports.“On the soccer field, the language and cultural differences become obsolete,” said Shin Orikasa, the Misawa United team coach. “Regardless of the players’