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  • 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

  • Congress authorizes paternity leave

    Eligible Airmen are now authorized 10 days of non-chargeable paternity leave following the birth of their newborns, courtesy of the 2009 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act. The law applies to married, active-duty Airmen. The Airman's wife must have given birth to the child on or after

  • F-22As scheduled to deploy to Japan, Guam

    The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to deploy two contingents of F-22A Raptors to the Pacific theater in January 2009 for approximately three months. Current plans call for 12 of the fighters to deploy to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from Langley Air Force Base, Va., and another 12 to deploy to Andersen Air