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  • Misawa travel office, community center win best in Air Force

    Misawa Air Base is no stranger to Air Force-level awards and has two new additions with the 35th Force Support Squadron’s Community Center and Information, Tickets & Travel offices garnering a 2015 A1 Program of the Year award for their dedication to the Misawa community.

  • Cope Taufan 16, enhances U.S., Malaysia interoperability

    A closing ceremony for Cope Taufan 16 was held at Butterworth Air Base, Malaysia, July 29. Cope Taufan 16 provided an excellent opportunity to improve combined readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and Malaysia. This large force employment exercise included operations in air superiority,

  • U.S., Japan bilateral exercise enhances mine countermeasure capabilities

    An awaiting crew huddled along the deck of a ship as the whirring blades of an MH-53E Sea Dragon displaced the seawater below and landed on the helicopter pad of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel JS Uraga. This afternoon excursion between the U.S. Navy Helicopter Mine Countermeasures

  • Active shooter exercise provides security, preparation, safety for Misawa

    After the tragic shooting of U.S. military personnel in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 16, 2015, the Department of Defense reviewed its force protection policies, programs and procedures to help combat the challenging security environment in which military members operate.To put this into practice,

  • U.S., Malaysia Airmen exchange electronic warfare techniques

    Pilots use electronic warfare to simulate training scenarios, but they don’t get to decide who they shoot down when they are up there. A team on the ground controls a system called the Joint Deployable Electronic Warfare Range (JDEWR), which controls the scenario. Cope Taufan 16 marks the first

  • Annual Traffic Safety Day promotes safe driving, U.S.-Japan partnership

    Dressed in service uniforms, more than 100 U.S. military and Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel attended the 24th Annual Traffic Safety Day in the Misawa Civic Center, July 22. The summer event, which began in 1992 and lasts for 10 days each year, stressed the importance of preventing