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  • Ice Operation has slippery start

    The 611th Civil Engineer Squadron, 3rd Civil Engineer Squadron, Coast Guard, Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and the Alaska Environmental Protection Agency combined this year to practice decontamination procedures. Ice Ops is an annual exercise, which took place Feb. 24-25 here, to prepare for

  • Kadena Airmen reach out to Japanese children during deployment to JASDF base

    Airmen from the 18th Wing got the chance to volunteer at a Japanese preschool while temporarily deployed to The Japan Air Self Defense Force's Nyutabaru Air Base in Miyazaki Prefecture. About 15 Airmen used their native English skills to connect with sixty children, ages three to six years old, at

  • Misawa welcomes home 300+ deployed Airmen

    The Misawa community welcomed home deployed Airmen throughout the weekend. The more than 300 Airmen were deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, in support of the 14th Fighter Squadron and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Families gathered on the cold flightline to await the arrival of their loved ones who have

  • 14th FS returns to Misawa

    Pilots from the 14th Fighter Squadron flew their F-16 Fighting Falcons to Misawa Air Base Feb. 27 after a five-month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. While deployed, the 14th FS provided armed overwatch for coalition forces and the people of Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Our

  • Kadena Airmen advise Afghans on Russian-made helicopters

    Kadena Airmen are contributing to the readiness of the fledging Afghan National Army Air Corps by serving as advisors to Afghan airmen who maintain the Russian-made MI-17 transport helicopter. Helicopter crew chief Tech. Sgt. Daniel Flanagan is mentoring Afghan Airmen, along with Kadena hydraulics

  • NOAA researches weather from Yokota

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration led an oceanic and atmospheric research project Jan.7 to Feb. 27 here as part of a major international field campaign.The campaign was called Winter THORPEX, which stands for the Observing-System Research and Predictability Experiment. "We have

  • Learning survival skills in the "Cool School"

    "Do you have the skills to survive in this environment?" Every Monday, at 7:30 a.m. sharp, Capt. Timothy Hanks, Det.1, 66th Training Squadron commander starts each class at the Arctic Survival School with that simple yet big question. How can someone survive if stranded in a place where one wrong