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  • 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

  • Misawa lights up the holidays with tradition

    More than 175 American and Japanese dignitaries and family members attended the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2, 2014. Families enjoyed live entertainment, squadron holiday card contest and lighting of the tree, a tradition dating back to Dec. 4, 1980. The First