Misawa Air Base

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.