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  • Short-notice: A new way to exercise

    When 1st Lt. Matt Lavigne's phone rang late last Wednesday afternoon, he knew it was time to scramble into action. As a fighter pilot, preparedness is engraved into his DNA, but this was the first time he'd experienced something like this. In only a few hours, he'd be flying side by side with other

  • After the crash: Search and Recovery

    During this past week's exercise, Beverly Sunrise 15-1, Airmen from Misawa Air Base, Japan, were tested on their readiness capabilities in a variety of ways. The final exercise inject was the simulated crash of a C-130 Hercules that required the search and recovery team from the 35th Force Support

  • Misawa Cookie Caper brings a taste of home

    Servicemembers from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Japan Air Self-Defense Force at Misawa may use different acronyms and even speak a different language from each other, but there's at least one thing they all have in common: they love cookies.This year's Cookie Caper team baked over 27,000 cookies

  • RPU manages Sunrise Airmen

    Airmen from the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron simulated accepting personnel through a reception processing unit at the Richard Bong Training Facility during exercise Beverly Sunrise 15-1, Dec. 8.In a real-world operation, Misawa AB becomes a hub for forward deployed Airmen from all over the

  • Airmen sent off into Sunrise

    Approximately 200 Airmen from Misawa Air Base deployed Dec. 4, 2014, in support of Beverly Sunrise 15-1, an exercise held across multiple bases in Pacific Air Forces. Their first stop was the Personnel Deployment Function line before loading and boarding a C-130 Hercules. This was Misawa's first

  • Airmen tested in new ORE procedures

    Personnel from the 35th Fighter Wing responded to a no-notice recall Dec. 3 in support of Beverly Sunrise 15-1 operational readiness exercise operations.Following an evaluation from Pacific Air Force's Inspector General Team, multiple PACAF bases, including Misawa, reconstructed exercises to more