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  • IDMT, JTAC integrate for RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2

    An individual medical technician deployed from Misawa Air Base, Japan, left the usual “comfort” of the clinic June 8 to integrate with battlefield Airmen during RED FLAG 16-2.The IDMT requested to imbed during the exercise to familiarize himself with the mission of the fighter pilots he provides

  • Behind the camera with AFN Misawa

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Candace Harris, a broadcast journalist with American Forces Network Misawa, prepares her camera for a video shoot at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 7, 2016. AFN Airmen create weekly video stories to publicize base agencies, events and organizations, which are included in

  • Armament Airmen practice wartime capabilities

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Miles Smith, an armament systems specialist with the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects a fin on an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 6, 2016. Smith and his weapons loading team were honing their skills during a

  • American Day fosters friendship between Japan, U.S. communities

    U.S. Navy Sailors with the Naval Air Facility-Misawa march with 50 state flags during the 28th Annual American Day parade in Misawa City, Japan, June 5, 2016. Events like these are important as they afford Misawa neighbors, American and Japanese alike, opportunities to interact in a relaxed

  • Green Dot takes effect across Air Force

    Five Misawa Airmen took part in the first step of a five-year effort to decrease interpersonal violence across the Air Force.During the month of March, Kadena Air Base, Japan, held a Green Dot preparatory session while 23 other bases worldwide held courses for roughly 1,500 Airmen implementers

  • Misawa commemorates Memorial Day

    Dog tags glimmered in the sun as they hung from the neck of a rifle rooted in military boots and topped with a hard-shelled helmet.Flowers were then placed at the base of the battlefield cross as more than 200 past and present service members solemnly stood at the position of attention here during a

  • CATM: training defenders, warfighters

    'CONTACT FRONT'- the sound of metal to metal clanking echoes as the bolt slams forward and the magazine is put into the rifle. The instructor yells 'FIRE' and one last sound of the charging handle ricocheting back into place dissipates before a loud BANG rings throughout everyone's ears.In the Air