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  • PACAF selects Misawa's 14th FS in race for Raytheon Trophy

    Their wing is known as the "Wild Weasels," it's the home of the Samurai, and, for 2015, it's been selected as Pacific Air Forces' top fighter squadron.The 14th Fighter Squadron demonstrated superior performance in active air-defense operations with an outstanding intercept training success rate,

  • Supply: Support from the shadows

    A dimly-lit warehouse lined with shelves and crates holds the necessities needed to sustain any chemical attack or harsh conditions possibly encountered by Airmen at Misawa Air Base.Airmen assigned to the 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment shop work daily ensuring

  • Load crew Airmen race against the clock

    Airmen from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a quarterly weapons load crew competition here, Dec. 30.Two teams composed of three Airmen raced against the clock, and each other, to arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon with three different weapons systems, all with varying weights and sizes.

  • Misawa, Kadena Airmen strengthen bilateral ties during ATR

    Military aircraft and personnel from Kadena Air Base, Misawa AB and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in Aviation Training Relocation here, Dec. 1-18.The exercise gave all aircrew members involved the opportunity to demonstrate interoperability between the U.S. Air Force and the JASDF,

  • Kadena Airmen bear weather during ATR

    Typhoons, earthquakes and a tropical atmosphere are some common weather phenomenon experienced by Airmen from Kadena Air Base, Japan; but this couldn't prepare them for the variable weather patterns common at Misawa Air Base, Japan.Since touching down here Dec. 1, members from the 18th Aircraft

  • Local bonds strengthened, celebrated through New Year's tradition

    Beating steamed rice with an abnormally large mallet isn't something seen in a traditional American New Year's celebration; however leadership from the 35th Fighter Wing and Naval Air Facility Misawa had the opportunity to do just that as they joined Japan Air Self-Defense Force members for the

  • Misawa pilots save Iraqi civilians, earn 2014 Mackay Trophy

    Stranded on Mount Sinjar, Iraq, without food, water, medical care, facing starvation and dehydration, and under constant enemy gunfire, more than 40,000 Iraqi Yazidis were saved by a multinational coalition force led by Misawa Air Base F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots during airstrikes Aug. 9, 2014.The