page_title: Misawa Air Base
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Misawa Air Base / Role and operations / United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Misawa F-16CJ Block 50 Flagships (left to right): #92901 35th W Flagship, #90812 14th FS, #90802 PACAF Demo aircraft and #90801 35th OG. [USAF photo]
context_page_description: Misawa Air Base is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, 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 northeast of Misawa railway station, 4.8 km west of the Pacific Ocean, 16 km northeast of Towada, 29 km northwest of Hachinohe, and 684 km north of Tokyo at the "Tip of the Spear". It is a Pacific Air Forces facility with the 35th Fighter Wing as its host wing. It hosts both Japanese and American troops.
context_section_description: 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. Its pilots fly air-to-air weapons delivery exercises over water and sharpen their air-to-ground skills using the Draughon Gunnery Range (formerly Ripsaw Range) located 12 miles north of Misawa.
  Four groups are assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing: the 35th Maintenance Group, the 35th Mission Support Group, 35th Medical Group and 35th Operations Group. Operational fighter squadrons of the 35th Operations Group are:
  13th Fighter Squadron "Panthers", Red tail stripe
  14th Fighter Squadron "Samurais", Yellow tail stripe
  Both squadrons fly the Block 50 F-16C/D "Wild Weasels", and use the tail code of "WW" (before adopting the "WW" tail code, the code "MJ" (for Misawa, Japan) was carried.
  U.S. Navy
  Naval Air Facility Misawa
  Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Force Seventh Fleet (COMPATRECONFORSEVENTHFLT, Task Force 72). In 2018 this force is an additional designation for Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 1.
  Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) Misawa
  Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division (NMC EAD) Unit Misawa
  Rotational squadrons and detachments of P-8A Poseidon and EA-18G Growler aircraft on six-month deployments to NAF Misawa
  U.S. Defense Contractor
  CUBIC Defense Applications ACMI
caption: Misawa F-16CJ Block 50 Flagships
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