One community was able to banish low-flying airplanes from practicing night landings over their sleeping heads. Strong citizen protests caused the U.S. to move its flights from Atsugi Airbase to Miyaka Island. It turned out the airport wasn't long enough, and the U.S. military wanted to lengthen the runway, but local villagers resisted this successfully. Recently two planes crashed in the ocean, similar to aircraft that daily zoom around Misawa. City authorities protest the air base, but to no avail.
Local activists demand removal, collecting signatures as well as staging protests.
I filmed local activists as we marched through the downtown streets to City Hall on a blustery morning, to call for the removal of the F16 nuclear warplanes and low flights.