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  • Exercise Virtual Flag provides training for one Misawa Airman

    In March, Tech. Sgt. Travis Carpenter, 610th Air Control Flight weapons director technician, was the only Airman assigned from the 35th Fighter Wing to participate in a 10-day exercise called Virtual Flag at Kirkland Air Force Base, New Mexico.The Virtual Flag exercise is designed to provide

  • Winter is gone, 35 CES recaps winter wrath

    The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron held a post-season snow and ice control committee meeting in the 35 CES conference room at Misawa Air Base, Japan April 24 to discuss snow and ice removal procedures from the last winter season.The meeting was held so commanders and other servicemembers could share

  • Environment, community benefit from Misawa Earth Day Activities

    The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and Misawa City conducted several activities and cleanups to commemorate Earth Day around Misawa Air Base.The 14th Annual Misawa Fish Port & Veedol Beach Cleanup took place April 21 and was one of several activities the base supported in honor of Earth Day. The event

  • Misawa Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Flor Rocha

    Nominees rank and name: Staff Sgt. Flor A. Rocha, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels systems technician.Where are you from?Born and raised in Colombia but I claim New York as my state-side home.What's your favorite thing about being stationed in Japan? My favorite thing about being

  • ORE tests Misawa's capabilities

    Airmen at Misawa Air Base, Japan, recently finished an Operational Readiness Exercise May 1 that tested the 35th Fighter Wing's ability to deploy."Exercises keep us ready to deploy and execute our wartime missions," said Lt. Col. Gregory Kreuder, 35th Fighter Wing Inspector General. "They give our