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  • Website aims to link PACAF volunteers with opportunities

    Pacific Air Forces members looking for volunteer opportunities and organizations looking for volunteers have a new resource available, all at the click of a button, with a website that's gaining recognition and users across the Air Force.The resource is www.myairforcevolunteer.com. It's an online

  • Misawa's medics dispense life-saving pharmaceuticals

    "Doctors can diagnose and stitch you up, but without the pharmacy, there's no medication to keep you from feeling the needle or drugs nursing you back to health," said Staff Sgt. Marcus Hollins, a 35th Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician.The pharmacy is an integral unit that keeps Misawa's

  • Misawa F-16s deploy to Andersen AFB in support of Cope North 2016

    Several F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 13th Fighter Squadron are deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of Cope North 2016. Cope North is an annual event that focuses on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and large force employment in an effort to enhance interoperability

  • Communications Airmen keep Misawa connected

    Client system technicians with the 35th Communications Squadron are skilled in a wide variety of electronic-related tasks stretching from installing analog phones to replacing hard drives on desktop computers.Throughout the year, the tasks fluctuate as new products are bought and older items

  • AF implements new DOD-wide changes to maternity leave

    Beginning Feb. 5, active-duty female Airmen will receive up to 12 continuous, non-transferable weeks of fully paid maternity leave in accordance with Defense Department-wide changes to the policy outlined in Defense Secretary Ash Carter's Force of the Future announcement Jan. 28.This new policy

  • Falcon's strength tested by propulsion Airmen

    The sound-proof building occasionally bathed in a purple glow and emitting an earth-shattering roar is home to propulsion Airmen from the 35th Maintenance Squadron test cell.More commonly referred to as the "hush house," Airmen test one to two engines weekly to ensure they're fully capable to

  • AF Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program list triples

    Air Force officials released details on the fiscal year 2016 Selective Re-enlistment Bonus program Feb. 1. This year's program, consisting of 117 Air Force specialties eligible to receive bonuses, is a substantial increase from the previous year's program where 40 Air Force specialty codes were