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  • Guard & Protect 2023

    Members from the 35th Fighter Wing, U.S. Navy, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Japan Air Self-Defense Force conducted an annual Guard & Protect exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 14-17, 2023. The four-day exercise allowed military members from both countries to work together, improving

  • Norio’s Story: A Japanese American Korean War Veteran

    Young men found themselves thrust into the heart of the war, a relentless battleground where the scorching summer sun bore down on them, and the rumble of distant artillery echoed through the unforgiving landscape. Each step was a gamble with fate. Nights were fraught with terror. Camaraderie of

  • WWWT: 35th MXG Maintenance Training Section

    U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Kenkel, 35th Fighter Wing deputy commander, visited the 35th Maintenance Group, maintenance training section, during a Wild Weasel Walk-Through at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 26, 2023. The flight manages the largest training program consisting of over 1.2K maintainers

  • Todd Simmons talks development with Team Misawa

    Chief Master Sgt. (Ret.) Todd Simmons recently lead multiple professional development workshop at Misawa mentoring Airmen and Sailors on various topics associated with becoming an empathetic leader.

  • Civil Air Patrol Orientation Flights

    Eleven enthusiastic teenagers from Misawa Air Base were given the extraordinary opportunity to soar through the skies with the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) at Yokota Flight Training Center, Japan, Oct. 20-22, 2023.

  • Trunk Or Treat 23

    The base invited local community members to share in the American custom of trick-or-treating and enhance relations with host nation partners. This year members were able to set up around 30 booths of various themes.

  • WWWT: Bioenvironmental Flight

    Leadership visited the 35th Medical Group, Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 19, 2023. The flight support operations for U.S. Air Force owned and operated Liquid Natural Gas Plant and monitors water quality for 12,900 consumers.