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Coordinates: 40°42′19″N 141°22′19″E. Misawa Airport (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an airport in Misawa, a city in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan. It shares facilities and airport codes with the Misawa Air Base. History. Misawa runway diagram.
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Misawa is the only combined, joint service installation in the western Pacific. It houses three U.S. military services (Army, Navy, and Air Force), as well as the Japan Self-Defense Forces. The base is home to 5,200 US military personnel, as well as 350 US civilian employees and 900 Japanese national employees. Misawa also has scheduled civilian fl...
The United States Air Force's 35th Fighter Wing (35 FW) is the host unit at Misawa Air Base. The wing conducts daily F-16 flight training to maintain its combat readiness edge. Its pilots fly air-to-air weapons delivery exercises over water and sharpen their air-to-ground skills using the Draughn Gunnery Range located 12 miles north of Misawa. Five...
Major commands
1. Far East Air Forces, (September–December 1945) 1. Redesignated: Pacific Air Command, United States Army, (December 1945 – January 1947) 2. Redesignated: Far East Air Forces, (January 1947 – July 1957) 3. Redesignated: Pacific Air Forces, (July 1957 – July 1972) 3.1. Air Defense Command (Attached), (September 1950 – June 1965) 1. United States Air Force Security Service, (July 1972 – October 1978) 2. Pacific Air Forces, (October 1978–present)
Major Operating Units
* Performed Host Unit functions
Education
The Department of Defense operates several schools that serve the children of the American military and civilian personnel stationed at the base. 1. Cummings Elementary School home of the Swans 2. Sollars Elementary School home of the Dragons 3. Robert D. Edgren High School home of the Eagles Higher educational opportunities for those in the military and working for the Department of Defense, as well as for family members at Misawa are available through several contracted academic institution...
Important events
Near the 1995 new year, Misawa experienced two earthquakes—7.5 and 7.9 on the Richter scale at the epicenter off the coast of Hachinohe. On September 25, 2003 a magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurred off the east coast of Hokkaidō which was strongly felt in Misawa and all of Aomori Prefecture. Damage to Misawa Air Base was limited to burst water mains, cosmetic cracks in walls and personal property damage. There were no reports of damage to the base runway. This was the strongest earthquake report...
Misawa Air Base- Security Hill at Misawa Air Base with AN/FLR-9 in the 1990s Misawa Air Base Click to enlarge Misawa Air Base Click to enlarge Misawa Air Base Click to enlarge Misawa Air Base Click to enlarge Misawa Air Base - AN/FLR-9 antenna array Misawa Air Base c.1980 Click to enlarge Misawa Air Base - A US Navy C-2 at Misawa Click to enlarge T...
Misawa Airport (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an airport in Misawa, a city in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan. It shares facilities and airport codes with the Misawa Air Base.
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Misawa Air Base, also known as Misawa Airport, is a United States military installation located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is situated on the northeastern coast of Honshu, approximately 400 miles north of Tokyo.
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