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  • American Day fosters friendship between Japan, U.S. communities

    U.S. Navy Sailors with the Naval Air Facility-Misawa march with 50 state flags during the 28th Annual American Day parade in Misawa City, Japan, June 5, 2016. Events like these are important as they afford Misawa neighbors, American and Japanese alike, opportunities to interact in a relaxed

  • Green Dot takes effect across Air Force

    Five Misawa Airmen took part in the first step of a five-year effort to decrease interpersonal violence across the Air Force.During the month of March, Kadena Air Base, Japan, held a Green Dot preparatory session while 23 other bases worldwide held courses for roughly 1,500 Airmen implementers

  • Misawa commemorates Memorial Day

    Dog tags glimmered in the sun as they hung from the neck of a rifle rooted in military boots and topped with a hard-shelled helmet.Flowers were then placed at the base of the battlefield cross as more than 200 past and present service members solemnly stood at the position of attention here during a

  • CATM: training defenders, warfighters

    'CONTACT FRONT'- the sound of metal to metal clanking echoes as the bolt slams forward and the magazine is put into the rifle. The instructor yells 'FIRE' and one last sound of the charging handle ricocheting back into place dissipates before a loud BANG rings throughout everyone's ears.In the Air

  • Wild Weasel of the Week: Tech. Sgt. Robert Perecko

    Each week a member of the 35th Fighter Wing is selected as the Wild Weasel of the Week. This individual is recognized by a different unit each week based on superior performance, outstanding work ethic, and overall good conduct and discipline.The 13th Fighter Squadron chose Tech. Sgt. Robert

  • Misawa honors fallen comrades during Police Week

    Easily identifiable by their blue berets, 35th Security Forces Squadron members are the first ones to welcome visitors to Misawa Air Base. Protecting and defending those who serve is their daily mantra, and sometimes it comes with the ultimate price. In recognition of this, Misawa defenders honored

  • 35th LRS HYMORE fuels the mission

    The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron began operating the Hydrant Mobile Refueler system here, March 22, to fuel different aircraft across the wing.The new HYMORE system is able to syphon a virtually unlimited amount of fuel from an underground fuel line without having to refill back at the