May 30, 2018 Pacific Command Change Highlights Growing Importance of Indian Ocean Area Defense Secretary James N. Mattis stressed the importance of the Indian Ocean region of U.S. Pacific Command's area of responsibility and announced that the Defense Department is renaming the combatant command as U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Oct. 31, 2017 Misawa Air Base supports Wisconsin Guardsmen The 35th Maintenance Squadron recently backed four Air National Guardsmen from the 115th Fighter Wing, better known as the "Badgers," based out of Madison, Wisconsin, by providing them a centralized repair facility.