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Home on the range at Misawa Range Day

An F-16 Fighting Falcon deploys two, two-thousand pound inert bombs during a Range Day event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2016. During the F-16 demonstration, they performed low-angle strafe gunning runs and various general ballistic bombing techniques. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert
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Home on the range at Misawa Range Day

Range Day attendees spectate an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2016. Range Day is a yearly event coordinated by the 35th Operations Support Squadron, allowing Misawa personnel and families to view F-16s drop bombs and strage targets at the Draughan Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Home on the range at Misawa Range Day

A landmine, also known as a 'bouncing betty,' sits with candy during a Range Day event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2016. When set off by a trip wire, a first charge ignites at the bottom of the explosive causing it to bounce into the air, then a second charge causes the device to detonate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Home on the range at Misawa Range Day

Senior Airman Manuel Carvajo,left, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, shows Isaac, center left, and Sam Tolk, center right, both sons of Maj. David Tolk, right, a 13th Fighter Squadron pilot, how to operate a remote control to an EOD reconnaissance devide during a Range Day event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 21, 2016. Various shops, including weather, aircrew flight equipment and security forces, displayed tools used to accomplish the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert)
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Cruising across Lake Ogawara

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kyle Gergel, a power production journeyman with the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape support volunteer, poses for a photo on Lake Ogawara at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2016. Because there are only two SERE specialists on-station, training scenarios, like the water survival refresher course, depends on volunteers to help create the most realistic and hands-on training for 35th Fighter Wing pilots involved. Volunteers must know how to swim and be in good military standings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Preparing the USS Magnum

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialists and cadre members prepare the USS Magnum, a training boat, on Lake Ogawara before beginning the practical part of the water survival refresher course, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2016. During the course, 35th Fighter Wing pilots undergo an hour of academic learning to discuss their kits in an open water environment, then demonstrate practical lessons in the water. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Dragged for a cause

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Westly Hales, incoming 35th Fighter Wing chief of advanced programs, demonstrates a parachute drag across Lake Ogawara at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2016. Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialists teach pilots how to properly and safely release themselves from a parachute being drug by the wind. Undergoing this training every three years is critical to the pilots because it may be the only time they are able to demonstrate these techniques before an emergency situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Rescue procedures

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Wesley Hales, incoming 35th Fighter Wing chief of advanced programs, demonstrates the proper way to be rescued via hoist hook on Lake Ogawara at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2016. During the practical lesson of the water survival refresher training, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialists review how to be rescued, parachute drags and disentanglements, and life raft living. Undergoing this training every three years is critical to the pilots because it may be the only time they are able to demonstrate these techniques before an emergency situation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Classroom SERE instruction

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Allchin, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape specialist with the 35th Operations Support Squadron, instructs two pilots during a water survival refresher course, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 20, 2016. Allchin is one of two SERE specialists on-station and ensures all pilots are equipped and informed on how to survive long periods of time across an open water environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Patrolling the flight line

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Curtis Campbell, the bird aircraft strike coordinator with the 35th Fighter Wing, watches a bird fly over the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2016. The BASH team is responsible for patrolling the airfield and eliminating any hazards, including bird migration, which could cause problems for takeoffs and landings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Keeping the flight line safe

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Curtis Campbell, the bird aircraft strike coordinator with the 35th Fighter Wing, poses for a photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2016. On days where birds pose a threat, the BASH team relies on their passive measures to keep the flight line bird-free and uses their active measures during isolated incidents posing a threat. Their passive measures consist of BASH cannons, anti-perching spikes, deceased bird decoys on airfield systems and routine grass cutting. These tools promote an unsafe environment for the birds, like a farmer’s scarecrow warding them away. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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Retrieving ammo

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Curtis Campbell, the bird aircraft strike coordinator with the 35th Fighter Wing, grabs ammunition before going to the flightline at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 15, 2016. Campell and his BASH team use an assortment of ammo, including cracker, birdshot and buckshot rounds, to scare or eliminate birds within the airspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Deana Heitzman)
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JASDF Blue Impulse soar across sky

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Blue Impulse aerial demonstration team performs a split maneuver during Misawa Air Fest 2016 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2016. The Blue Impulse fly the Kawasaki T-4 which is a subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft. The T-4 entered service in 1985 and has since been JASDF’s flagship demo team aircraft. The performance lasted through part of the afternoon engaging the more than 80,000 people who attended this annual air show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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U.S., Japanese watch F-2 aerial demo

Crowds watch a Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 air-to-ground attack demonstration during Misawa Air Fest 2016 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2016. More than 80,000 Japanese and Americans came out for the annual air show with performances ranging from the JASDF F-2 and U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, to the dozens of static displays and food booths scattered from one end of the flightline to the other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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JASDF F-2 aerial demo

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 performs an air-to-ground attack demonstration during Misawa Air Fest 2016 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2016. The F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon that highlights the two nation’s bilateral partnership in its 60/40 split in manufacturing and the two nation’s mission focus at Misawa. More than 80,000 Japanese and Americans came out for the annual air show with performances ranging from the JASDF F-2 and U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon, to the dozens of static displays and food booths scattered from one end of the flightline to the other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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Japanese photographs helicopter demo

A Japanese man photographs a Japan Air Self-Defense Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rescue demonstration during Misawa Air Fest 2016 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2016. The UH-60 serves as a medium life utility transport and air assault aircraft. It is powered by a twin-engine and single four-blade rotor and flown by two pilots and two crew chiefs. The annual air show drew more than 80,000 people from Aomori Prefecture and as far as Akita Prefecture, highlighting the close U.S. and Japan bilateral partnership in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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Leaders cut ribbon as jets flyover

Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and Misawa City officials with U.S. Air Force Col. R. Scott Jobe, the 35th Fighter Wing commander, cut the ribbon as a five-jet formation flies over during Misawa Air Fest 2016’s opening ceremony at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11, 2016. The 35th Fighter Wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcon and JASDF 3rd Air Wing’s F-2 serve as a backdrop during the ceremony. More than 80,000 people from Aomori Prefecture and as far as Akita Prefecture attended the annual air show, highlighting the close U.S. and Japan bilateral partnership in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)
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Typhoon Lionrock tramples through Misawa

The streets around base housing are covered with broken branches and fallen debris at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2016. The 10-hour storm had destructive winds that reached up to 82 mph causing damage across the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. April Quintanilla)
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Typhoon Lionrock tramples through Misawa

A tree ripped out and thrown onto a housing unit patio at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2016. Typhoon Lionrock is the fourth typhoon this season to make landfall in Japan and the first to hit the northeast from the Pacific Ocean since records began in 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. April Quintanilla)
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Typhoon Lionrock tramples through Misawa

An uprooted tree lays next to a house unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2016. Typhoon Lionrock with 82mph of desctructive winds ripped trees out of the ground in many areas around the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. April Quintanilla)
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