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  • Officials streamline overseas outprocessing guidelines

    Air Force Personnel Center officials here recently introduced a new initiative that will streamline final processing for Airmen retiring or separating from overseas areas. With this change, additional travel to a separation processing base, or SPB, is no longer required. The new procedure is part of

  • Transportation secretary opens military airspace for Santa

    The secretary of Transportation and Santa Claus signed a flight certificate Dec. 18 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., that authorizes Santa to fly through military airspace in order for him to successfully deliver all his gifts to children across the nation. The certificate, also signed by Col. Steve

  • Main gate reopens

    After nine months of construction, the face of Misawa's main gate was revealed during a ribbon-cutting ceremony officiated by Col. David Stilwell, 35th Fighter Wing commander and attended by the mayor of Misawa City, community and base leaders on Tuesday at 11 a.m. "The new gate provides a safer

  • PACAF centralizes fit testing

    Airmen across PACAF will soon see a change in their fitness testing procedures as the command moves to centralize all fit testing under base health and wellness centers by March of 2009. After receiving feedback from across the command, Gen. Howie Chandler, Pacific Air Forces commander, directed the

  • Top defender assumes leadership of 35th SFS

    Maj. Dustin Sutton took command of the 35th Security Forces Squadron during an assumption-of-command ceremony at the Tohoku Enlisted Club at 9 a.m. Monday. Commander of the 35th Mission Support Group Col. Mark Burns presided over the ceremony and highlighted the fact that he has "watched as security

  • Volunteers make Christmas very merry, internationally

    Christmas came early to the Misawa area last week. Base volunteers held three separate Christmas parties for more than 130 local Japanese kids and their American counterparts. Members of the Airmen Leadership School Class headed out the gate Dec. 1 to the Oirase North Community Center. As if being