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  • Misawa Airman embraces the gift of giving

    Nearing the end of the week families celebrated and enjoyed festivities and peace brought by the Christmas season, and while the holidays are a time for sharing, love and togetherness, there were few who were almost left out of the happiness. The days leading up to the holiday seemed bleak, but a

  • Harunaoka Senior Home receives visit from Airmen, families

    A Japanese elder, left, and Eiko Koiwa, center, a caretaker, smiles at Matthew Joiner, right, son of Master Sgt. James Joiner, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosives ordnance disposal technician, at Harunaoka Old Age Home, Misawa City, Japan, Dec. 22, 2016. Approximately 20 Airmen and their

  • Communications Airmen go postal

    U.S Air Force Senior Airman Edwin Cajigas-Olavarria, the 35th Maintenance Operations Squadron munitions inspector, walks away from the post office at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 15, 2016. Misawa’s post office receives three trucks daily with a multitude of packages and mail from all over the world.

  • Crew chiefs secure airpower, presence

    Most of Misawa’s Airmen retire from working once the sun sets, but for some maintainers, nightfall is the beginning of their day.Dedicated crew chiefs with the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron play a role in sustaining the 35th Fighter Wing’s investments to project airpower and meet its security

  • Japan, ROKAF leaders tour Misawa during Joint Staff College visit

    In the midst of a Senior Officers Leadership Course tour, 49 Japanese and Republic of Korea lieutenant colonels and colonels visited Misawa Air Base to better understand the United States' air and naval mission capabilities here Dec. 13. The senior leaders from the Japanese air force, navy and army