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  • 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

  • 35 MDG: Last stop for survival

    In the midst of constant simulated chemical and missile attacks, nearly 50 patients have been rushed to the hospital here this week. Some escaped with lacerations and treatable viruses, others left without limbs and eyesight, and an unfortunate few breathed their final breaths.For all the bad that

  • CONS signs for mission success

    Contracts document a legally-binding agreement of service between two parties, serving as a visible pact that something will or will not be done. For the military, contracts are created with civilian companies to ensure personnel have basic life support needs - food, shelter, water and security;

  • 35 SFS trains for success on deployments

    Raindrops bombard the helmets of Security Forces personnel as they low-crawl, perform patrol movements and make their way across the muddy terrain of Misawa's Camp Defender, a training area for security forces and other field exercises.As part of an Operational Readiness Exercise from Oct. 7-11,

  • Command messages delivered from above

    As everyone drops to the floor to don their mission oriented protective posture gear, a voice resonates across the base, infiltrating work centers and rattling ears.Controlled from a central location at the 35th Fighter Wing Command Post, members here have the important task of informing the base of