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  • 3Cs see Misawa through fiscal year

    Every year on Sept. 30, members of the 35th Comptroller, Contracting and Civil Engineer Squadrons can be found in their offices late at night diligently working on the end of year closeout. For the squadrons - often called the "3Cs" - closeout means making sure every dollar of the fiscal year's

  • Creating the core of F-16s

    As the throttle is pushed forward, a 15-foot burst of blue flame pours from the back of a 100,000 horsepower engine. Only 50 feet and a 6-inch line of red caution tape stand between you and the heart of one the most dangerous war machines in the world."It's an incredible power that shakes you down

  • Samurais edge Black Panthers in weapons load competition

    Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons rested side-by-side as Airmen streamed into a hangar, slowly breaking into two crowds surrounding the jets. One half of the crowd called themselves the "Black Panthers," the other half are known as "Samurais." Before the timer started and three months of

  • Wild Weasels qualify for combat

    Six U.S. Air Force pilots stand side-by-side in front of hundreds of watching eyes. For the next two hours, their workspace is no longer the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon thousands of feet in the sky. Instead, it's center stage under the spotlights, where their performance on the

  • Weather or not...it's all about ops

    Typhoon Wipha may have caught some people off guard when it hit Misawa Oct. 15, but seven Airmen had their eyes on the storm well before the first rain drop landed.Member's of the 35th Operations Support Squadron's weather flight were able to observe the typhoon about a week out and were responsible

  • From it to WIT

    He started off under the microscope during an Operational Readiness Exercise, working on the day's tasks and receiving exercise injects while members of the group formerly known as the Exercise Evaluation Team watched his every move.As a crew chief who spent his time inspecting aircraft and

  • Firefighters share insight, skills with community

    You may have heard the legendary story of Mrs. O'Leary's cow starting the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 after kicking over a lantern in the family barn. Whether or not the O'Leary's cow is to blame, the two-day Chicago blaze that killed more than 250 people and consumed more than 17,000 buildings has