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  • Misawa Air Base hosts Japan Day

    Japan Day is scheduled for Saturday, October 29, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Misawa Collocated Club, here.Celebrated annually for the past 24 years, Japan Day invites hundreds of Japanese artists and craftsmen on base to share their talents with the Misawa community. In a single day,

  • CES stresses the importance of fire prevention

    In 2010, more than one million fires claimed approximately 3,000 lives, injured nearly 18,000 and caused more than $11 million in damage costs, according to the National Fire Protection Association.Of these, approximately 384,000 were residential fires, any number of which could have been prevented,

  • Airman earns $10,000 with a simple IDEA

    While performing a routine test procedure, a 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons expediter's heart sunk when he heard a sound no maintainer ever wants to hear.Crunch. He had accidentally damaged an F-22 Raptor configurable rail launcher, which mounts the fighter's AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking

  • Tinian Heritage staff ride

    Thirty-four members of Team Andersen's senior leadership visited the Island of Tinian to explore the rich U.S. Army Air Corps heritage and World War II history Oct. 11. Tinian was captured by the United States in July 1944 from Japan in the Battle of Tinian, and the island was transformed into the

  • Andersen's medical group earns 'Outstanding'

    The rating 'Outstanding' echoed the walls of the 36th Medical Group while the team gathered to hear results of the triennial five-day Health Services Inspection Sept. 16. Health Services Inspections assess Air Force Medical Service programs and processes to provide senior leadership with accurate

  • Kunsan's Med Group perfects decon procedures

    The scenario that took place Oct. 6 outside Kunsan's 8th Medical Group could be perceived as a scene straight from a horror film. Medics were seen running around in green plastic suits tending to contaminated patients.Luckily the setting was an exercise. The exercise was based on a chemical exposure

  • 373rd ISRG knocks out triennial inspections

    The 373rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group successfully completed three simultaneous inspections at the Misawa Security Operation Centers and Tri-Service building here, Sept. 23.Failure of these inspections is not an option for the 373 ISRG mainly because success shows how well