Misawa collects donations for Japanese communities

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Isaiah Bettinger and Bill McGuyer with Staff Sgt. James Anderson, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, stack boxes Mar. 15. Clothes, jackets, blankets and food were collected and taken to Sendai, Japan to help with relief efforts during Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Misawa's donations to Operation Tomodachi

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – A combined effort of Misawa residents and Teachers from Mey Sen Academy, Sendai, Japan, load donations of clothes, food and blankets on a truck, in support of Operation Tomodachi Mar. 16. The supplies will be distributed to the communities that were affected by the earthquake and tsunami. (U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Russell J. McBride\Released)

CE Base Recovery

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan –Civil Engineers pump water from the base’s steam lines which supply heat to the entire base. Water had collected in the lines due to the power loss caused by the recent earthquake. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

CE Base Recovery

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan - Staff Sergeant Matthew Nelson 35th Civil Engineer Squadron, starts the water pump to begin pumping water out of steam lines that has collected as a result of power loss due to the recent earth quake. These steam lines run throughout the entire base and are used to supply the base with heat. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

Logistics Readiness Squadron continues to move cargo

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A forklift loads cargo onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globe Master III Mar. 15. The 35th Logistic Readiness Squadron has moved 188 tons of cargo and 290 passengers since the start of Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Logistics Readiness Squadron continues to move cargo

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A forklift off loads a pallet of water from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globe Master III Mar. 15, The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron prepositions forklifts and other cargo handling equipment to rapidly and efficiently offload aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Logistics Readiness Squadron continues to move cargo

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globe Master III lands here Mar. 15. The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron has moved 188 tons of cargo and 290 passengers since Operation Tomodachi started. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Logistics Readiness Squadron continues to move cargo

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globe Master III comes in for a landing here Mar. 15. The 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron is the unit responsible for unloading aircraft that arrive here laden with humanitarian relief supplies and passengers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Search and rescue teams arrive at Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- United States Agency for International Development workers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Calif. and Fairfax County, Va. Urban Search and Rescue, arrive Mar. 13. The teams arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi after a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit 100 miles off the coast of Northern Japan Mar. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Search and rescue teams arrive at Misawa Air Base

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Michael Rothstein, 35th Fighter Wing commander, talks with United States Agency for International Development search and rescue team members on the flightline Mar. 13. Teams from Los Angeles County Fire Department, Calif. and Fairfax County, Va. Urban Search and Rescue arrived in support of Operation Tomodachi to assist with civil relief and recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Operation Tomodachi

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron from Kadena Air Force Base, line up to receive a meal ready to eat after their arrival Mar. 13. These members arrived to provide assistance with restoring electric power and other base recovery operation in support of disaster relief subsequent to Friday's earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Operation Tomodachi

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Grisell Chong gives a briefing to military members after their arrival Mar. 13. More than 50 civil engineer members from Kadena Air Force Base, Japan arrived here to help out with base recovery operations. Sergeant Chong is assigned to the 35th Force Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marie Brown\Released)

Wing history

A World War II era pin shows the official emblem of the 35th Fighter Group. (Photo courtesy of the 35th Fighter Wing History Office)

Wing history

The P-38 Lightening flown by Capt Bob Farout that literally “splashed one Zero” for the first aerial victory in a P-38. (Photo courtesy of the 35th Fighter Wing History Office)

Cake Cutting

MISAWA AIR BASE JAPAN -- Lieutenant General Bruce Wright, 5th Air Force Commander and U.S. Forces Japan commander, and Airman First Class Charlesa Spann, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, cut the cake as part of the festivities at the 60th Air Force Ball on Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 21. To honor tradition the most Senior Airman, General Wright, the youngest airman, Airman Spann, had the honor of cutting the cake. (US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eric Harris)

Air Force Band

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Final Approach Combo, of the Air Force Band of the Pacific, performs as part of the 60th Air Force Ball on Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 21. The Air Force Ball is held annually to celebrate the birthday of the United States Air Force. (US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eric Harris)