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  • U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, harvests rice during a community relations event in Misawa City, Japan, Oct. 8, 2020. Friedel joined Misawa Mayor Yoshinori Kohiyama and students from Oozora Elementary School for the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore)

    Misawa commander, mayor harvest rice with Oozora Elementary School

    U.S. Air Force Col. Jesse J. Friedel, 35th Fighter Wing commander, harvests rice during a community relations event in Misawa City, Japan, Oct. 8, 2020. Friedel joined Misawa Mayor Yoshinori Kohiyama and students from Oozora Elementary School for the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore)
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Barry Zielinski, a cyber transportation supervisor with the 35th Communications Squadron, shows Capt. Joseph Holloway, a pilot with the 13th Fighter Squadron, and 1st Lt. Jordan Garcia, an assistant unit deployment manager with the 14th Fighter Squadron, how to set up a Hawkeye III antenna at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2020. Zielinski showed the two officers how to set up the antenna as part of a practice capstone event for the Agile Combat Employment training for Misawa Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore)

    Misawa Airmen continue Agile Combat Employment training

    The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “The only constant in life is change.” That’s true in how we learn, how we teach, and even how the military operates in the defense of the United States, its interests, and its allies. It is that thought of change that 24 U.S. Airmen assigned to various units of the 35th Fighter Wing came together during an Agile Combat Employment, or ACE, practice capstone event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 13, 2020.
  • Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers and U.S. Airmen work together during a team exercise at the Airman Leadership School at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2020. The teams had to get a safety belt around their circle without letting go of each other's hands and breaking the circle. The exercise requires members to communicate and take information on what works and doesn't work from each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore)

    Misawa ALS hosts Japanese service members, bridges gaps in English

    The Misawa Airman Leadership School hosted 20 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from the 6th Division, Camp Jinmachi, Yamagata, Japan, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Feb. 12, 2020.
  • Master Sgt. Andrew Contreras, a 35th Security Forces Squadron chief of standardization and evaluations, pauses for a photo in front of the squadron’s insignia at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Dec. 17, 2019. Contreras won the Col. Billy Jack Carter Award by stepping into a detachment superintendent position while deployed in South Korea, working with individuals from different jobs and Pacific Air Force bases. The award honors a security forces member for a specific act, contribution or event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)

    Misawa defenders aim high and win big

    Three Airmen from the 35th Security Forces Squadron emulated the Air Force’s core value of “excellence in all we do” by standing out amongst other defenders within the Pacific Air Forces. PACAF awarded top honors to three Misawa Wild Weasel Defenders: Master Sgt. Andrew Contreras, a chief of standardization and evaluations, Airman 1st Class Jessica Carino, an armorer and Airman 1st Class Holly Villalta, a base defense operations center controller.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class D’Andre Daniels, a 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, poses for a photo at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 8, 2019. Daniels went to his fifth session in August to finish a meaningful piece on his arm. This one piece was a mesh of designs, representing two different times in his life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st China M. Shock)

    35 AMXS Airman reveals meaning behind ink, tattoos

    People get tattoos for many different reasons. For some, it is about style and design, while others tell a story through their ink. One’s ink can carry meaning, a story, showing individuality. This is why the same image of a tattoo can carry a different meaning to anyone who sees it.
  • U.S. Air Force Airman Austin T. Clay, a 35th Maintenance Squadron weapons journeyman, poses for a photo at Sabishiro Beach in Misawa, Japan, July 16, 2019. One of the significant landmarks of Sabishiro Beach is the Miss Veedol, a 1931 Bellanca J-300 aircraft. Miss Veedol departed from Misawa’s Sabishiro Beach and landed in Wenatchee City, Wash., making it the first nonstop, trans-Pacific flight. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class China M. Shock)

    Misawa Airman overcomes homesickness, embraces the local community

    For first-term Airmen, being stationed at an overseas base can be difficult, and loneliness can easily creep in. For Airman Austin Clay, though, he's found a home right here in Misawa.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan White, a 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, lays in the “prone” position during an agile combat employment exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2019. White taught 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron how to move, shoot and communicate and applied their newly learned skills to realistic training scenarios, such as clearing buildings and shooting techniques during ACE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

    The 35th LRS builds on lessons learned from exercise, teams up with Security Forces

    The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron conducted an agile combat employment exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 28. The ACE concept challenges Airmen to operate in an austere environment with limited basing, while testing their abilities to quickly and efficiently land, set-up operations, fly, pack and transport themselves at a moment’s notice.
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