Misawa Air Base News

Gen. Gary North, Pacific Air Forces commander, shakes hands with Staff Sgt. Chad Miller, Pacific Air Forces F-16 demonstration team crew chief, Dec.

Lt. Teresa Taylor, from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, looks through the children's book sections at the Navy Exchange on Wednesday.

They may be out of sight, but they're definitely not out of mind. The Herald has collected video holiday greetings from several men and women serving our country from afar.

I would like to thank the entire Michiana community, Congressman Joe Donnelly, D-Granger, and the marvelous doctors and nurses at Misawa Air Base in Japan for their thoughts, prayers and generosity during my recent illness.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan a ' Base leaders say they want fewer airmen to use a volunteer program offering free rides home after theya TMve been drinking alcohol, as counterintuitive as it may seem.

KOMATSU AIR BASE, Japana 'Misako Hatta, Umenoki Gakuen student, shows Marine Capt.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A green ribbon flutters on a car windshield wiper Nov.

KOMATSU AIR BASE, Japana 'Tech. Sgt. Hiroshi Ishii, 303rd Fighter Squadron crew chief, a native of Aichi Prefecture, shows Airman 1st Class Christopher Freebes, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, a native of Queens, N.Y., the F-15 Eaglea TMs airframe mounted accessory drive, Nov.

Fewer servicemembers are retiring or leaving the military than at any time in the past five years, according to Defense Department data.

The Army has the highest smoking rate and the Air Force the lowest . Deployed servicemembers are 50 percent more likely to smoke.

Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler presents the Gen. Lew Allen Jr. Award to Maj. Eliot A. Sasson Nov.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japana 'Staff Sgt. Anthony Pope, 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit supply logistic technician, a native of Stone Mountain, Ga., inspects a jet fuel starter exhaust manifold, Nov.

The Youth Ambassadors Bags Tournament, originally scheduled for Nov. 1, has been postponed until Dec.

Chief Master Sgt. Luamata P. Faiai Jr. has retired from the U.S. Air Force after more than 30 years of faithful, dedicated military service.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan - The Misawa Air Base chapel reopened Oct. 22 during a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Misawa Air Base's F-16 Fighting Falcons will fly against enemy aircraft in order to strike targets, protect the base and fly missions during a realistic simulation of war beginning October 28.

24 at the softball fields. The bilateral softball game was the first in what is planned to be an annual event.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Michael Pratt, 14th Fighter Squadron crew chief, performs maintenance on an F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct.

17. The Greatlanders visited Misawa during their tour of Eastern Asia. 10/20/2009 - A saxophone quartet from the Greatlanders, the Pacific Air Forces show band, performs at Misawa Seishin-kai Hospital Oct.

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Master Sgt. John Bell, 14th Aircraft Maintenance Unit production supervisor, shows Tech.