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  • The 35th Fighter Wing Change of Command Ceremony

    Col. Jesse J. Friedel relinquished command of the 35th Fighter Wing (FW) to Col. Michael P. Richard during the wing’s official change of command ceremony, at Misawa Air Base, June 30, 2022.Lt. Gen. Ricky N. Rupp, U.S. Forces Japan, and Fifth Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony.

  • Misawa hosts Norwegian Foot March

    The Norwegian Foot March originated in 1915 as a test of endurance for Norwegian military soldiers, with the strategic goal of moving larger units of troops over a great distance swiftly and in a manner that enabled them to be combat ready after a lengthy march carrying a rucksack and weaponry. The

  • U.S., Japan perform bilateral jump training

    Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade soldiers execute a static line jump near Narashino training field, Japan, during a bilateral jump training with the 36th Airlift Squadron, April 19, 2022. The goal of this event is to improve interoperability between the USAF and JGSDF by defense

  • Yokota Airman down under captures excellence

    Four seas, two hemispheres and nearly eight-thousand miles separate Tokyo, Japan from Canberra, Australia.Canberra, is home to the 337th Air Support Flight, a tenant unit part of the 374th Airlift Wing on Yokota Air Base and Tech Sgt. Amanda Osborne, 337th ASUF flight chief.After arriving in

  • U.S. supports JSDF humanitarian exercise

    An Airman from the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron waits to load cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during exercise Tomodachi Rescue 22 Feb. 11, 2022. The aerial component of the exercise consisted of one U.S. C-130J, and a KC-130H, C-2, and C-1 from the

  • 70th Annual Operation Christmas Drop kicks off Dec. 6 in Guam

    U.S. and partner nation Airmen are set to participate in the Department of Defense’s longest running humanitarian assistance training mission out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, beginning Dec. 6, 2021. Operation Christmas Drop, or OCD, is an annual U.S. Air Force tradition of packaging and

  • Southern Beach boosts lethality, strengthens partnerships

    KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 18th Operations Group partnered with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to complete Exercise Southern Beach, Oct. 25-29.“Southern Beach is a locally organized, bilateral exercise that brings the 18th Wing and