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  • 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

  • Radiology sees inside the body

    While conducting maintenance checks atop an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Airman Joe Snuffy slips and falls to the hangar floor. As he descends, Snuffy instinctively throws his arms out to break his fall and...CRACK! Both arms splinter. Shock sets in and the next thing he knows, he's in radiology sliding

  • 35th FW inspects, deploys to Cope North

    More than 120 Airmen departed Misawa Air Base, Jan. 30, for exercise Cope North 2016 held at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.This annual exercise afforded the installation inspector general and wing inspection team an opportunity to see how efficient the deployment process is and identify areas for

  • Suicide prevention class saves lives

    The Misawa Air Base Chapel held a two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course here, Jan. 28 and 29.This workshop, held quarterly since 2013, is based on a curriculum teaching military and family members suicide intervention skills."Conducting this training combats unpreparedness in