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  • Arming 35th FW operators with munitions, purpose

    The 35th Maintenance Squadron conducted a weapons and ammunitions tour for operations personnel at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 8.Maintenance and ammunitions Airmen immersed pilots, intelligence, aircrew flight equipment and squadron aviation resource management personnel into their day-to-day

  • First Japanese-built F-35A lands at Misawa AB

    A Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative landed the first Japanese-made F-35A on Misawa AB's runway, Nov. 2.Maj. Elijah Supper piloted the brand-new aircraft from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Komaki South F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out facility, and was quickly

  • First Lady Melania Trump visits Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

    First Lady Melania Trump visits Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 10, 2017. The First Lady was returning from a Pacific Theater tour she attended with President Donald Trump. She attended the Month of the Military Family Celebration event held at the Arctic Oasis.

  • U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy conduct joint training near Okinawa

    A U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle takes off for a joint training mission flying in the vicinity of Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The fighters integrated with B-1B Lancers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, to

  • Air Force travelers reminded of flat rate per diem policy

    Some Air Force travelers may not be aware of a flat rate per diem policy established a few years ago that focused on extended temporary duty travel.Congress instituted the flat rate in November 2014. The new policy reduced per diem from 100 percent to 75 percent for TDYs from 31 to 180 days and to

  • Hill’s F-35A and airmen mastering first Pacific deployment

    More than 300 men and women of the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings and 12 F-35As are conducting business for the next six months on the subtropical Japanese island of Okinawa during a deployment known as a Theater Security Package.Their business is to fly the F-35A, integrate with Kadena Air Base’s

  • Senior NCO receives PACAF Security Forces award

    Pacific Air Forces awarded top honors to one of Misawa’s Wild Weasel Defenders, Master Sgt. Bruce Rick, NCO in charge of integrated defense with the 35th Security Forces Squadron. PACAF selected him for Outstanding Security Forces Flight Level Senior NCO of the Year for his performance as a flight

  • PRD develops PACAF, RSAF interoperability

    Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) hosted the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) leadership to discuss the continued partnership and integration of Singapore and the U.S. Air Force during the PACAF-RSAF Dialogue (PRD), Nov.16 and 17, here.