June 16, 2017 Misawa defenders sweep competition, return as champs The roaring crowd gradually wanes, falling on deaf ears, as the last shred of adrenalin jolts through his veins all the while peripheral vision narrows in, fixating on the opponent, and with the strike of the referee’s hands they advance into the tie-up position.
June 16, 2017 Andersen mobility Airmen fall for safety The 734th Air Mobility Squadron completed a fall protection training exercise here, June 12.
June 16, 2017 U.S., Japan partnerships guarantee critical care Once a patient is deemed incapable of receiving care at Misawa Air Base due to medical constraints, the 35th Medical Support Squadron aeromedical evacuation team engineers an expedited mobility plan utilizing Pacific Air Forces assets to relocate the patient for critical care attention
June 15, 2017 Fighter Squadrons 'switch hats' for multi-role capability The military lifestyle is all-inclusive of late nights, long shifts, and more often than not, living out of a backpack on weeks-long temporary duty. For the hard-working Airmen of the 13th Fighter Squadron, that reality is all too familiar.
June 15, 2017 USFJ participates in annual non-combatant evacuation operation exercise Military members and family members participated in the annual exercise Focused Passage 17 here this week, arriving in a pair of C-17 Globemasters and a C-130 Hercules to simulate what might happen during a non-combatant evacuation (NEO).
June 14, 2017 18th CMSAF visits 18th Wing The Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force visited Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 11 and 12.
June 13, 2017 PACAF vice commander completes fini flight U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Dillon, Pacific Air Forces vice commander, is greeted by family and friends and soaked in water and champagne after his C-17 fini-flight at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 12, 2017.
June 13, 2017 Red Flag-Alaska planning fortifies multinational tactics Groups of pilots and mission coordinators jostle their eyes between a large screen and a map of the airspace during a mission planning brief with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a fellow Air Force Base out of Anchorage, Alaska, on June 12.
June 13, 2017 Restoring Wake Island’s Guam Memorial: 'Honoring those who came before us' Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center and Wake Island’s Detachment 1 leadership paid honor to 45 Chamorros with a rededication ceremony of the Guam Memorial June 8.
June 13, 2017 Misawa F-16s enhance readiness at Red Flag-Alaska The 14th Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, took to the skies during Red Flag-Alaska 17-2 at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Eielson Air Force Base and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska from June 8-23.