Naval Air Facility

Naval Air Facility Misawa stationed at Misawa Airbase, Japan.

[Naval Air Facility @NavyMisawa]

Command Master Chief (CMC) Dean Howell, Senior Chief Mark Takada, and Senior Chief Scott Counselman had the honor of attending the retirement and Change of Charge Ceremony for the Ominato District CMC Ozaki Musashi on Friday.

Fair winds and Following Seas Ozaki-san!

[海上自衛隊大湊地区隊【公式】 @JMSDF_orh]

【大湊地方隊先任伍長交代】
　12月10日（金） #大湊地方隊 #先任伍長 交代式を行いました。
尾崎曹長は平成30年12月～約3年間、大地隊隊員の風紀維持に努め、「風通しのよい」職場環境づくりに尽力、新伍長も意志を受け継ぎ、職務に邁進していきます。
尾崎曹長お疲れ様でした！
#海上自衛隊 #大湊

[U.S. Navy @USNavy]

1️⃣ #USSAbrahamLincoln #CVN72 #fltops @USPacificFleet.
2️⃣ Sailors at @NavyMisawa and @TeamMisawa practice firefighting.
3️⃣ Sailors train aboard #USSEssex #LHD2 @US5thFleet.
4️⃣ #USSAlexandria #SSN757 deploys from @NavBaseSD.
ℹ️ & 🔽: https://t.co/Gi3KvlqLmT

[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

#USNavy EA-18G Growlers assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron #VAQ138 land at Misawa Air Base, Japan, during recent flight operations on the expeditionary squadron's @US7thFleet deployment. @NavyMisawa @TeamMisawa #FlyNavy

[U.S. Pacific Fleet @USPacificFleet]

#USNavy MQ-4C Tritons return to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after completing first deployment to Japan: https://t.co/DOeytPm9D1 #FlyNavy @US7thFleet @NavyMisawa

[U.S. Forces Japan @USForcesJapan]

A message from Lt. Gen. Ricky Rupp, Commander, USFJ, to the U.S. Forces in Japan regarding the U.S. Navy’s Birthday of October 13, 2021.

Happy 246th Birthday, U.S. Navy!!🇺🇸⚓️

[Archive: Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan @SecNavPhelan]

Happy Birthday to the #Sailors, civilians & families of the #USNavy. For 246 years, the United States Navy has served as this nation’s global maneuver force, ensuring our strength at home and overseas through wartime, peacetime & the many times in between.

[Office of the Chief of Naval Operations @USNavyCNO]

America's need for a strong @USNavy is rooted in our past and has never been more important. Indeed, providing a safe, secure, and stable maritime system is an essential part of what our Navy does every day. Happy 246th #Birthday, #Shipmates! 👉 https://t.co/pZdYKEn5mp

[U.S. Pacific Command @USPACOM]

.@PACAF Airmen of @TeamMisawa execute a simulated defensive counter-air mission in support of exercise #PacificWeasel over the western coast of Japan. #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

[Naval Air Facility @NavyMisawa]

Ninety years ago today at Sabishiro Beach in Misawa City, pilots Clyde Edward Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. took flight in a bright red Bellanca J-300 Skyrocket named "Miss Veedol".

@MisawaCity

@WenatcheeCity

Click the link below for more details!

https://t.co/VI26sgbpCk

[Naval Air Facility @NavyMisawa]

"Train like you fight!"

#COOPEX

@NAVSUPSYSCOM FLCY Misawa conducted continuity of operations exercises, testing the command’s ability to provide mission essential functions to mission partners throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Click below for more:

https://t.co/ZQKZK5p4mM

[Military Times @MilitaryTimes]

Marine Corps helicopters flex on 1,200-mile trip across Japan https://t.co/XBurvl2H2n

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

#Marines assigned to HMLA-169, conducted live fire ranges in Aomori Prefecture. HMLA-169 participated in a Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing (TR/RW) training relocation exercise in @NavyMisawa to integrate air capabilities in unfamiliar environments.

#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

Lance Cpl. Isaac Yanez, an aircraft maintainer, with HMLA-169, performs maintenance on an AH-1Z Viper at
@NavyMisawa. HMLA-169 participated in a training relocation exercise to integrate air capabilities in unfamiliar environments.
#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

An AH-1Z Viper assigned to HMLA-169, surveys ranges in Aomori Prefecture. HMLA-169 participated in a Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing (TR/RW) training relocation exercise @NavyMisawa to integrate air capabilities in unfamiliar environments.

#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

A MV-22B Osprey assigned to VMM-262 conducts reconnaissance of Aomori Prefecture, Japan during Tiltrotor/Rotary Wing (TR/RW) training relocation exercise at @NavyMisawa to integrate air capabilities in unfamiliar environments.

#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

Notice the external fuel pods on the UH-1Y Venom that facilitated the longer legs of the 1200 mile self deployment.

[U.S. Pacific Command @USPACOM]

An MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the “Flying Tigers” of #VMM262, conducts training exercises over Japan. #Readiness

[U.S. Pacific Command @USPACOM]

.@PacificMarines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, fire a machine gun during weapons training over @NAFMisawa.

[1st MAW Marines @1stMAW_Marines]

#Marines, assigned to the “Vipers” of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, conduct Specific Weapons Delivery training onboard a UH-1Y Venom in @NavyMisawa #BlueGreenTeam #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific