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  • Gosser golf course receives ancestral visitor

    A fallen pilot’s daughter visited the Gosser Golf Course at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 25 through 28, to pay respect to her father.“My father was my hero,” said Debra Buchanan, daughter of Ret. Maj. Delbert Gosser, a former 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron. “I was the youngest child and the only

  • Weapons evaluators secure perfection in the skies

    Once a month, weapons crews file into the load barn at Misawa Air Base to test their proficiency in loading munitions onto F-16 Fighting Falcons. The weapons evaluators await their performances, ready to correct and perfect their every move.“We standardize and train all the load crews on Misawa Air

  • 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