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  • Typhoon Lionrock rocks Misawa, but CE is always ready

    Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron operations section clean up fallen debris at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2016. The 35th CES responded the morning after Typhoon Lionrock to begin clean up around base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. April Quintanilla)

  • Misawa, PACANGEL participants impacted for life

    Patient care is crucial in a country with minimal accessibility to hospitals due to lengthy commutes and no means to travel to these locations.Operation Pacific Angel 16-3 had two health services operation sites to better enable local nationals in remote areas the opportunity to receive medical

  • Bilateral exercise prepares JASDF, USAF for airshow

    MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Midday, a loud boom echoed across Misawa’s flight line during a bilateral emergency management exercise led by the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, Aug. 31.The exercise was held to prepare USAF and JASDF members in the case of a scenario where a suicide bomber detonates an

  • Exercise PB16: Misawa Airmen evolve capabilities with partner nations

    Airmen from the 14th Fighter Squadron are on their way home after their successful participation in Exercise Pitch Black 2016 held at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin and RAAF Tindal, July 29 through Aug. 19.As the RAAF’s biennial capstone international engagement, Pitch Black 16 allowed

  • Air Force, Army medical exercise concludes at Misawa

    Airmen from the 35th Medical Group and Soldiers from the 228th Combat Support Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, completed a joint medical exercise here, Aug. 26.During the exercise MEDEX 16, Soldiers integrated their assets, personnel and procedures with those of Airmen, increasing the capabilities of

  • Air Force, Army medics train together for MEDEX 16

    More than 60 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 228th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve unit arrived at Misawa AB Aug. 16, to participate with Airmen from the 35th Medical Group in the joint exercise MEDEX 16. MEDEX 16 will afford Army and Air Force medics the opportunity to integrate and train