MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force ( JASDF) service members engaged in a bilateral exchange program (BEP) at Misawa Air Base, Japan, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 9, to increase interoperability and break down language barriers.Conducted by Fifth Air Force since 1995,...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- In the midst of a Senior Officers Leadership Course tour, 49 Japanese and Republic of Korea lieutenant colonels and colonels visited Misawa Air Base to better understand the United States' air and naval mission capabilities here Dec. 13.The senior leaders from the Japanese...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Midday, a loud boom echoed across Misawa’s flight line during a bilateral emergency management exercise led by the Japanese Air Self Defense Force, Aug. 31.The exercise was held to prepare USAF and JASDF members in the case of a scenario where a suicide bomber detonates an...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Misawa Air Base are at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam for COPE NORTH 17, a U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored field training exercise conducted annually, held this year, Feb. 15 through March 3.“The focus is on multilateral...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- Patient care is crucial in a country with minimal accessibility to hospitals due to lengthy commutes and no means to travel to these locations.Operation Pacific Angel 16-3 had two health services operation sites to better enable local nationals in remote areas the opportunity to...

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Even while assigned to Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea as a temporary duty location, Airmen with the 35th Fighter Wing continue to provide worldwide deployable forces to protect U.S. interests in the Pacific and defend Japan with sustained forward presence...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- This is part two in a series highlighting the teams charged with keeping Misawa's airfield mission-ready at all times.An F-16 Fighting Falcon quickly approaches Misawa’s runway in the middle of a dense, rainy storm, at 9 p.m., with a 200 ft. ceiling and ½ mile of...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Misawa Airmen with the 13th Fighter Squadron wrapped up a two-week, biannual joint training exercise on several military installations and training areas in Alaska, May 12.Northern Edge 2017 based much of its scenarios out of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, for its...

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Operations Support Squadron intelligence analysts dedicated more than 50 hours, from May 22 to 26, to familiarizing four Japan Air Self-Defense Forces intelligence analysts from multiple bases throughout Japan, on skills and techniques required for Red Flag-Alaska...

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- In a place where the sun never sets, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska has been the perfect home to more than 60 aircraft and their squadrons as they took to the skies to further readiness, strengthen interoperability with allies and challenge the status quo to ensure...