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  • Snow and Ice Control 2019

    2018 brought Yokota a great snow fall. It was perfect for sleds, building snowmen and snowball fight. However, it brought the worst conditions for those who had somewhere to go. When snow starts to stick to the ground, the Civil Engineer Squadron Snow and Ice Control Team will get activated to start

  • 8th LRS: the masters of loading

    Members of the 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron assisted in loading two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft Jan. 15 and 17.

  • Misawa vet takes care of man's best friend

    The 35th Security Forces Squadron has 10 military working dogs stationed at Misawa Air Base, aiding in the safety and security for Team Misawa. Just like our Airmen, these dogs have routine medical checkups to ensure they remain fit to fight.  Rachel Hixenbaugh, a Misawa Vet Clinic animal health

  • 353rd SOG Perform Routine Maintenance

    Getting planes off the ground is not an easy task. Through pain-staking processes and meticulous procedures, Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group Detachment 1 perform maintenance on CV-22 Ospreys to keep the airframe flying.

  • US, Philippine AF conduct bilateral air contingency exchange

    U.S. Air Force F-16s, aircrew, maintenance and support personnel deployed from Kunsan Air Base, Korea to Basa Air Base, Philippines Jan. 17 in order to fly and train with Philippine counterparts as part of a regularly reoccurring bilateral air contingent (BACE-P).

  • B-2, F-22s conduct interoperability training

    A B-2 Spirit bomber deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and F-22 Raptors from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing fly near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during an interoperability training mission Jan. 15, 2019. The aircraft are deployed here in support of U.S.

  • B-52s rotate in the Indo-Pacific

    A B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota, sits on the flightline at Andersen AFB, Guam, Jan. 15, 2019. The bombers from Minot will assume responsibility for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission from the 96th

  • Do Something Amazing

    When I was on deployment to Baghdad, Iraq a few years ago, I recall how the Ugandan guards at the dining facility entrance would often stop me and they would say, “Chaplain, Do Something Amazing!”