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- Misawa Air Base is located in the Honshu Island of Japan, only 5 km away from the Pacific Ocean. It is run by the Pacific Air Forces and represents the one and only combined military base in the Pacific. It hosts both Japanese and American troops. It is a co-base operated by the Air Force, under the regulations of the Japanese government.
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Misawa Air Base (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force, and the United States Navy located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan.
Oct 20, 2021 · Misawa Air Base. The 35th Fighter Wing brings a vivid and distinguished history to Misawa Air Base, Japan. It originally activated at Johnson Air Base, Japan, on Aug. 18, 1948, under the command of Col. Edgar M. Scattergood. The 35th Fighter Wing’s original mission was to fly air defense over Japan.
Misawa Air Base is the only joint service installation in the Western Pacific. Four US military branches (Space Force, Air Force, Navy, and Army) are working together with the Japanese Air-Self Defense Force (JASDF) to accomplish the mission.
- Hirahata 64, Misawa-kichi, Misawa-shi, Aomori-ken, 033-0012
- 0176-77-4735
- In The Beginning
- Us Presence Begins
- U.S.A.F. Takes Control
- Peace and Growth
- The Swingin 60s
- A Period of Adjustment
- An up-and-down Time
- The 1990s
- The New Millenium
I guess you could say it all started back in 1931 when Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon took off from Misawa’s Sabishiro Beach and arrived in Wenatchee, Washingtom 41 hours later, thus completeing history’s first non-stop trans-pacific flight. While there was no base here at the time, this is the first noted activity in Misawa's aviation history. In...
14 September 1945 - the US Army's 32d Engineering Construction Group under the command of Captain Davis K. Stark occupied and began rebuilding the base. Training, gunnery and bombing ranges used by the Japanese were also taken over by US troops. In December of 1946, the US Army Air Corps’ 49th Fighter Group becomes the first US air unit assigned to...
The signing of the National Security Act by President Truman in July 1947 created the U.S. Air Force and 13 months later the Air Force officially assumed control of Misawa Air Base with the 49th Fighter Gp remaining in place (under new management) as the host unit. In June of 1950 forces of the North Korean Army invaded South Korea. One of the firs...
The following years of peacetime operations led to a gradual build up of the base but remained fairly stable on level. However, the Japanese Defense Forces were building up their presence on the base. In July 1954, the Self-Defence Forces of Japan were organized under the Defense Agency under three main branches; Air, Maritime and Ground Self-Defen...
Its 1960 and the population of Misawa has risen dramatically to over 38 thousand. (Must be the new business opportunitys that a thriving base demands.) FEN Misawa gives the base population a Christmas present with the broadcast of the first American TV programs. I don’t know about you but I am a little dizzy from all the reorgs and activiations tha...
It’s 1970 and huge growth of the 50s reversed itself in the 60s. By 1970, Misawa has a population of 37,486 souls. That’s 703 fewer people than 1960s figures. But the military population is at its highest level ever with 6,000 GIs on the base. But that is soon to change. While Misawa has been fairly quiet, the Japanese, especially in the south have...
The population is growing again. 1980s census figures show 40,165 folks living in Misawa. The military population is down almost half and sits at 3,100 and you can only get 203 yen for one US dollar. In 1981, Misawa and Wenatchee, Washington join in a Sister City contract to commemorate the first non-stop trans-pacific flight. In September 1982, th...
The population of Misawa in 1990 is 42,303. The 3d Space Surveillance Squadron is assigned to Misawa in April. In May, the US Navy returns control of Ripsaw range to the Air Force. In December, the Yen rate is 136 to the dollar. In June 1991, the Navy's VQ1 and Naval Fleet Reconnaissance Support Detachment begin operations at Misawa. After 14 years...
September 2000 brings another change on the hill. The 373 Intelligence Group is activated and it assumes control of the 301IS and a new unit, the 373d Support Squadron. The early years of the new century saw Misawans doing what US troops around the world were doing. Many deployed to various locations in the Middle East and elsewhere in support of t...
The 35th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan -- the northernmost U.S. air base in Japan. The only combined, joint service installation in the Western Pacific. Misawa Air Base is located on the shores of Lake Ogawara in Misawa City, within the Aomori Prefecture.
- Hirahata 64, Misawa-kichi, Misawa-shi, Aomori-ken, 033-0012
- 0176-77-4735
The 35th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The only combined, joint service installation in the Western Pacific, Misawa Air Base is located on the shores of Lake...
Misawa Air Force Base is a well-known Air Force installation in Japan. The Misawa base guide has information for service members and families. See more.
