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  • SecDef's Office recognizes Misawa Airman as "Best of the Best"

    Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter today paid tribute to the military's enlisted members while recognizing two deemed the best of the best."You may not read about them everyday ... but, behind the scenes, they are the unsung heroes," Carter said during a Pentagon ceremony honoring the Office

  • Globetrotters amaze Misawa community

    The world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters entertained U.S. troops here Nov. 30, bringing a slice of home to the Misawa community during their 11th annual holiday tour of international U.S. military bases. The two-hour show brought smiles and laughter to more than 500 Misawa Air Base residents who

  • Spice use leads to court martial

    Senior Airman Benjamin Schaible, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was found guilty during a Summary Courts Martial here Nov. 15 for failing to obey a general regulation by using the drug "Spice." The court sentenced Schaible to 10 days confinement, reduction to the grade of Airman, 20 days hard

  • Misawa Airmen exchange cultures with JASDF counterparts

    Ten airmen from Misawa Air Base visited Chitose Air Base, on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, during a bilateral exchange in November. The airmen were treated to several tours and demonstrations to include a helicopter rescue demonstration and a tour of the new Chitose Air Traffic Control

  • End of an era at northern Japanese base

    After seven years of deliberating the fate of Misawa Air Base' s Termination of War Housing, the decision to demolish the archaic buildings was finally made."The 32nd Engineering Construction Group built the structures following World War II," said Dr. Richard Clark, 35th Fighter Wing historian.