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  • Volunteers restore wing capabilities

    When security forces' manning gets sapped due to deployment requirements, squadrons have an ace up their sleeve in an effort to maintain base security. The Air Reserve Component Volunteer Program is a tool used to back fill active-duty members taken out of their squadrons with Guard and Reservists.

  • Patriot Express changes route

    Beginning April 1, the Patriot Express will change aircraft and route, dropping Yokota and Iwakuni, Japan, and picking up Osan, South Korea.The U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command will change the Patriot Express aircraft to a 240-seat Boeing 767 and give it a new route of Seattle to

  • JAAGA recognizes Airman for bilateral work

    A Japanese organization recently recognized a U.S. Airman for his work in fostering bilateral relationships. Master Sgt. Michael Wachob, 35th Maintenance Squadron, received an award from the Japan-America Air Force Goodwill Association during a ceremony Feb. 19. The Japan-America Air Force Goodwill

  • Misawa couple sculpts bonds off base

    With Northern Japan's frigid winters come opportunities to create unique art out of snow and ice. Airman 1st Class Kyle Meister, 35th Maintenance Group precision measurement equipment laboratory technician, and his wife, Erika Meister, recently caught the eyes of the local community when they