The Department of Defense's official statement stated that "the U.S. Air Force will also upgrade its presence at Misawa Air Base from 36 F-16 aircraft to 48 F-35A aircraft, leading to greater ...
The F-35A is considered one of the most modern and advanced combat aircraft in the world. Information about the planned deployment at Misawa Air Base surfaced more than a year and a half after the ...
Ground crews added fuel to the aircraft with its engines still running ... during the Bomber Task Force 25-1 mission at Misawa Air Base in Japan on February 20, 2025. A United States Air Force ...
Wreckage from the aircraft was later found. In April 2019, a single-seated F-35-A fighter jet from the ASDF’s Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture went missing over the Pacific Ocean about 135 ...
It is believed that more than 100 U.S. military aircraft are assigned to Kadena ... from other U.S. military installations such as Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture and Marine Corps Air Station ...
Aircraft involved Combined F-35 networking ... since it debuted in 1978 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, before relocating to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in 1999. The exercise involved a RAAF ...