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  • On the Edge of Life and Death

    Recently Senior Airman Ethan Embrey, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was awarded the Pacific Air Forces Senior Master Sergeant Robert A. McAllister Award for Firefighter Heroism at the Pacific Air Forces level for his life saving actions during the COPE North exercise at Tinian Island,

  • Bilateral Fire Exercise: USAF and JASDF

    Firefighters assigned to the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department and Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 3rd Air Wing fire rescue, conduct a bilateral training exercise. Firefighters train nearly every day on different aspects of their jobs, ensuring they are capable and ready to respond to any

  • Building up Capabilities

    Recently, the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, in collaboration with the 35th Operations Support Squadron, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Japanese contractors, successfully completed the construction of a mobile aircraft arresting system (MAAS) and a mobile runway edge sheave (MRES) on a taxiway at

  • Fire Prevention Week: Fire Muster 2022

    Team Misawa hosted its annual Fire Muster during Fire Prevention Week at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 14, 2022. During the week multiple events such as a proclamation signing, parade, and open house were put on to help educate the community on fire safety.Fire Prevention Week is observed each year

  • Fire Prevention Week: Proclamation Signing

    Team Misawa kicked off its annual Fire Prevention Week with the proclamation signing at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Fire Prevention Week is dedicated to renewing or commitment to fire safety preparedness, while educating the community on fire safety and how to prevent fires in out home

  • Air Force Firefighter of the Year 2020

    A Misawa Air Base Airman recently won the 2020 Military Firefighter of the Year Award for the Air Force. U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Journey Collier, a 35th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, will represent the Air Force in the 2020 Department of Defense Military Firefighter of the Year competition.

  • 5th AF vice commander visits Misawa AB

    Brig. Gen. Leonard J. Kosinski, the 5th Air Force vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen McCool, 5th AF command chief, wrapped up their visit to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 24, 2020. During their two-day visit, Kosinski and McCool received mission briefs from various 35th Fighter Wing units

  • Determination, detonation and EOD reconnaissance initiation

    The 35th CES EOD flight worked on foundational practices for unexploded ordnance reconnaissance missions with 11 Japan Air Self-Defense Force explosive ordnance disposal Airmen assigned with the Tohoku Subordinate Base, Tohoku, Japan and the 3rd Air Wing, March 29 and 30.

  • Pacific Air Forces tests 35th Medical Group readiness

    The 35th Medical Group held a counter-chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attack invitational exercise, to test and execute readiness capabilities while being evaluated by Pacific Air Forces’ medical inspector, Sept. 28. Should a CBRN attack transpire, a multitude of victims would

  • Concrete partnership showcased during airfield construction

    Usually the Misawa Air Base community hears the roaring of the F-16 Fighting Falcons, but since early May, the sounds of jack hammers and construction machines fill the air as a makeover occurs on the flight line.The 35th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 35th Security Forces Squadron flex their