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  • 13th EFS: Powering the Mission at Cope North 25

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing, 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, executed combat airpower generation during Cope North 25 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Feb. 13 - 26, 2025.

  • Misawa Block-50 F-16 hits 10K hours, an AF first

    One of Misawa Air Base’s most famous flight line assets hit a historic milestone June 10 as a 29-year-old Block-50 F-16 Fighting Falcon, tail number 808 affectionately known as “BOB,” reached 10,000 flight hours during a sortie flown across Japan.

  • USFJ senior enlisted leader visits Team Misawa Airmen face-to-face

    Chief Master Sgt. Rick Winegardner Jr., the U.S. Forces Japan senior enlisted leader, toured Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 5 to 7 to better familiarize himself with the Wild Weasel, tenant units and Japan Air Self-Defense Force missions.During the visit, Winegardner saw first-hand the strong U.S.

  • Weasel maintainers win big at PACAF

    The 35th Maintenance Squadron won the Pacific Air Forces Maintenance Effectiveness Award by providing safe, serviceable and available equipment for sustained use in peacetime and in wartime at Misawa Air Base, Japan, from Oct. 1, 2017 to Sept. 30, 2018.

  • Six Year Gear: Maintenance Keeps Falcons Soaring

    U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Berksteiner, AFN Misawa, tells us about the 35th Maintenance Squadron keeping jets on Misawa Air Base ready for take-off on a six-year cycle.