Bomber squadron concludes swap out, heads home

Approximately 250 Airmen and six B-52 Stratofortress aircraft are preparing to pack up and head home after an action-packed, five-month deployment here.Airmen from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., began arriving in November 2010 in support of Andersen's continuous

Standing up at Sendai

320th STS takes on challenge, opens airport to fixed-wing traffic

C-17 provides transportation for Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel from Okinawa

Logistics Readiness Squadron makes it possible for relief effort to gas 'n' go

Misawa Air Base authorizes voluntary departure of dependants

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, and U.S. Navy Capt. James Haugen, Naval Air Facility Misawa commanding officer, addressed the Misawa Air Base community in an American Forces Network broadcast March 17.In the broadcast, Colonel Rothstein informed the base that the

Misawa Air Base handles heavy airlift traffic

Since the beginning of Operation Tomodachi, Misawa Air Base's 35th Fighter Wing's aircraft ramps have been a hive of activity, receiving and launching planes full of relief supplies and aid workers.As of Mar. 16, the Wing has played host to 36 different aircraft, including Air Force C-17 Globemaster

PACAF units work together to move Japanese forces, trucks, supplies to mainland

Kadena Airmen worked with a Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska C-17 Globemaster III crew to transport a team from the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self Defense Force and four of their trucks full of supplies to aid the earthquake and tsunami victims in mainland Japan.

State Department makes announcement on Japan

Tonight, the Department of State has authorized the voluntary departure (including relocation of safe areas within Japan) for family members and dependents of U.S. government officials who wish to leave Northeast Japan.The U.S. government is also working to facilitate the departure of private

PACAF Band-Asia provide air travelers an entertaining diversion at Yokota Air Base

In the aftermath of the massive earthquake which hit the North East Coast of Japan in the afternoon on Friday, 11 March, several commercial airliners were diverted from Narita International Airport. Eleven flights landed instead at Yokota Air Base to avoid potentially unsafe conditions in the Tokyo