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  • PRESS RELEASE: Misawa COVID POS 18 Sept

    Member of Misawa Community Confirmed with COVID-19MISAWA AIR BASE – A SOFA member in the Misawa community has tested positive for COVID-19.  The current number of active cases at Misawa Air Base is 1.  This person had been in post-travel Restriction of Movement (ROM), and tested positive upon exit

  • 9/11: Misawa firefighter’s honor fallen

    Members of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, 35th Security Forces Squadron, 35th Medical Group and others from the Misawa community came together to pay a special tribute to the victims and the sacrifices of emergency responders involved with the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

  • Patriot Day Retreat ceremony

    Last Friday, a 9/11 Patriot Retreat Ceremony was held in memory of our fallen heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice.

  • Team Kadena MC-130J takes flight out of Misawa

    Kadena Air Base Airmen flexed their capabilities off the northern coast of Japan during Exercise Gryphon Jet 10, an integrated training exercise focused on improving interoperability throughout the special operations community, Aug 3-12, 2020.

  • USAF, JASDF strengthen Agile Combat Employment capabilities

    U.S. Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Airmen conducted bilateral training centered on honing defensive counter-air and Agile Combat Employment capabilities and developing Multi-Capable Airmen during an Aviation Training Relocation event at Chitose Air Base, Japan, 24 through 28 Aug.

  • Fifth Air Force, Air Support Command leadership visit Misawa, Chitose

    Japan Air Self Defense Force Air Support Command vice commander, Maj Gen. Koji Imaki, and U.S. Air Force Fifth Air Force vice commander, Brig Gen. Leonard Kosinski, visited Misawa Air Base, Japan, and Chitose Air Base Japan, Aug. 24 through 26, 2020, to discuss strengthening bilateral operations.

  • PRESS RELEASE: Misawa members confirmed with COVID-19

    A SOFA member of the Misawa Air Base community tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation on base.This individual has been in ROM status since arriving on a government-chartered flight and was identified as a result of end-of-ROM testing. This member had no contact with the on- or off-base