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  • New evaluation forms for some Airmen begins Aug. 1

    In July, Air Force officials announced the new changes to the officer and enlisted evaluation forms. "The changes to the evaluation system were long overdue," said Maj. Brian Schooley, 35th Mission Support Squadron commander. "One of the huge benefits of the new evaluations is the electronic

  • Misawa hosts visiting F-15s for war games

    The 14th Fighter Squadron has taken the saying, "When the cat's away ..." to the next level in the absence of Misawa's Panther Squadron. Members here joined with a team of pilots from the 67th Fighter Squadron, out of Kadena Air Base Japan, to play in a unique aerial combat exercise Seikan War,

  • Misawa Air Base, hub for P-3 Maintenance and Special Inspections

    The Navy makes up a small portion of the service member population at Misawa Air Base, and an even smaller group of Sailors work for the P-3 Orion Maintenance Squadron. Even though their numbers are few, the work these Sailors perform is vital to keeping P-3's up and running. There's usually only

  • Balad survival Airmen...critical to mission accomplishment

    As the Air Force values attention to details and safety in everything it does, so do the Airmen of the 322nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's survival equipment shop here. With a cursory glance at a survival shop, it might be mistaken for an alteration shop, with a sewing machine and a variety

  • F-16CJ crashes during takeoff in Iraq, pilot ejects safely

    A U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon Block 50 assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here, crashed during takeoff Sunday. The pilot ejected safely and was transported to the Air Force Theater Hospital, evaluated, and released. He was taking off on a