A young child is held by a woman.

The Freedom Bird Flies Again

The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Half-American, half-Japanese sisters aim for top of skating world

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics provided an interesting dilemma for two military family members at Misawa: whom to cheer for.

Wing commander targets drinking and driving

Base leaders here are sending a message to the military community: Stop drinking and driving or face some serious consequences.

Military kids glimpse deployment from new perspective

Shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday, Paige Lane got a phone call telling her to be at Hangar 949 with her gear in 30 minutes for a quick-notice deployment.

Misawa: Museum puts visitors face to face with parade floats

Dwarfed. No other word better describes how you feel standing under one of the gigantic Tachi Neputa parade floats that dominate the streets of Goshogawara city in an annual late summer parade.

Misawa debuts English communication system for emergencies

Misawa City officials debuted a new system this week to better communicate with Americans during times of emergency.

Geocaching catches on in Japan, Okinawa

When Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Slagle first heard about geocaching — a high-tech treasure hunt using GPS technology — he was a bit skeptical.