17 August 2017 Airfield Management Airmen Ensure Takeoffs, Landings MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- This is part one in a series highlighting the teams charged with keeping Misawa's airfield mission-ready at all times.While Misawa is known for the mighty F-16 Fighting Falcon, its runway hosts many air frames from all U.S. military services, several partner nations and...
19 August 2016 Air Force, Army Medics Come Together for Medical Exercise 16 MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- More than 60 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 228th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve unit arrived at Misawa AB Aug. 16, to participate with Airmen from the 35th Medical Group in the joint exercise MEDEX 16. MEDEX 16 will afford Army and Air Force medics the opportunity...
18 December 2015 Local Bonds Strengthened, Celebrated Through New Year's Tradition MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Beating steamed rice with an abnormally large mallet isn't something seen in a traditional American New Year's celebration; however leadership from the 35th Fighter Wing and Naval Air Facility Misawa had the opportunity to do just that as they joined Japan Air Self-Defense...
30 March 2017 Dissimilar Air Combat-training Assures PACAF Rebalance Mission MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. and Japanese pilots with the 35th Fighter Wing and 3rd Air Wing participated in dissimilar air combat-training (DAC-T) as part of their monthly bilateral ritual here, last week.“DAC-T is a practice of using various aircraft while integrating with other national forces...
04 June 2019 Pacific Air Forces Medics Build Trust with Nepalese Counterparts KATHMANDU, Nepal -- U.S. and Nepalese Forces participated in a medical subject matter exchange in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14 to 17.The U.S. Pacific Air Forces international health specialist division, PACAF Surgeon General Office and Army Regional Health Command Pacific trained with their Nepalese...
25 February 2022 Jet Engine Repair: It Takes a Village MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Fighter Wing is home to the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons. Due to advanced and persistent threats in the Indo-Pacific region, having combat ready aircraft is essential for deterrence and stability.The Propulsion Flight is a centralized intermediate repair...
23 July 2021 Logistics Readiness Squadron Puts Up Thousands ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- The 36th Installation Deployment Readiness Cell (IDRC) of the 36th Logistics Readiness Squadron is the lead section for the wing’s reception, staging, onward movement, and integration mission on Andersen AFB. The IDRC in tandem with all the other support functions...
26 February 2020 REDHORSE/Explosive Ordnance Disposal Breaking It Down So We Can Build It Back Up ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --“Practice makes perfect.” It’s the term that was used by many of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Airmen when describing their Rapid Airfield Damage Repair, or RADR training.This training exercise was part of Exercise COPE North 20, an annual U.S. Pacific Air...
02 May 2018 Silver Flag: The Boomerang of Ideas, Culture ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In the moments after the graduation of the first Silver Flag Training of 2018, a member of the Royal Australian Air Force calls to gather a clutch of Airmen from the United States of America, Singapore, Australia, and the Republic of Korea. The Aussie picks up a...
07 September 2018 Shadow Patrol from the 36th Security Forces Squadron ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- A full moon coats the stark-black sky. Sensory noise from in and out of the yornebush speaks to the primeval forest at Northwest Field, the backyard of Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. It is past midnight: the hour of the wolf. Feral and noxious noises generating...