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  • No-notice exercise demonstrates Misawa readiness

    Misawa Airmen responded to a no-notice recall Sept. 15, 2014, as part of exercise Beverly Sunrise 14-08.This base-wide response demonstrated to Col. Timothy Sundvall, 35th Fighter Wing commander, how quickly the Airmen under his command could generate aircraft and relocate them and personnel to a

  • Bilaterally learning medical skills

    Every summer for the past 13 years, the 35th Medical Group has hosted a shadowing program for Japanese medical students from Hirosaki University in Aomori Prefecture.Four to six Japanese students are selected to participate each summer for the seven to 10 days of on-the-job learning with

  • Misawa reflects on 9/11

    Can you remember where you were or what you were doing when the attack happened on 9/11? Today is a day of reflection ...Thirteen years ago on Tuesday, September 11th at 8:46 a.m., terrorists started a series of coordinated suicide attacks against the United States. As a result, 2,977 innocent lives

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • Airmen Adventures: Goshogawara's Takayama Inari shrine

    "Airmen Adventures" is a 6-month print series to accompany Misawa Air Base's alcohol awareness campaign, "Another Day Wasted?" Each story will detail a young Airman's travels to various cities in Japan, with transportation, attraction and cost details. This initiative is implemented in hopes of

  • This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: September

    This month's edition continues the story of the 35th Fighter Group in the Pacific during World War II and chronicles the many changes at Misawa Air Base from its earliest days.September 1, 1939: In the month of September, construction began on Misawa's runway under the direction of the Imperial

  • 35 FW, JASDF participate in MARE

    A joint bilateral Major Accident Response Exercise took place at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 22, 2014. A simulated fighter jet crash accident during an Airshow involved approximately 200 role players, including 100 "injured" bystanders. This annual exercise is designed to demonstrate the base's