Misawa Air Base

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Misawa Air Base
三沢飛行場 Misawa Hikōjō
Misawa, Aomori Prefecture in Japan
A US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing departs Misawa Air Base during 2014.
Misawa AB Location in Japan Show map of Aomori Prefecture Misawa AB Misawa AB (Japan) Show map of Japan
Coordinates	40°42′19″N 141°22′19″E / 40.70528°N 141.37194°E / 40.70528; 141.37194
Type	Joint Japanese and United States air base
Site information
Owner	Various (leased by Government of Japan and made available to the US)
Operator	Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) US Air Force (USAF) US Navy (USN) US Army (USA)
Controlled by	Air Defense Command (Japan) [ja] (JASDF) Pacific Air Forces (USAF)
Condition	Operational
Website	www.misawa.af.mil
Site history
Built	1938 (1938)
In use	1938 – present
Events	Misawa Air Festival (三沢航空祭)
Garrison information
Garrison	Northern Air Defense Force (JASDF) 35th Fighter Wing (USAF)
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM, WMO: 475800
Elevation	390.4 metres (1,281 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 10/28A 3,050 metres (10,007 ft) Asphalt/Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] :A.^ The text version gives a runway length of 3,050 by 45 m (10,007 by 148 ft) and the aerodrome chart a length of 10,000 by 150 ft (3,048 by 46 m)

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. It is located 3 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Misawa railway station,^[1] 4.8 km (3.0 mi) west of the Pacific Ocean, 16 km (9.9 mi) northeast of Towada, 29 km (18 mi) northwest of Hachinohe, and 684 km (425 mi) north of Tokyo at the "Tip of the Spear". It is a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) facility with the 35th Fighter Wing (35 FW, about 48 F-16 aircraft split among the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons)^[2] as its host wing. It hosts both Japanese and American troops.^[3]