Detailed description is Misawa Air Base is a U.S. military facility located in Misawa, Aomori, in the northern part of the island of Honshū of Japan. It is located 3NM northeast of Misawa railway station, 3mi west of the Pacific Ocean, 10mi northeast of Towada, 18mi northwest of Hachinohe, and 425mi north of Tokyo. It is a Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) facility with the 35th Fighter Wing (35 FW) as its host wing.OverviewMisawa is the only combined, joint service installation in the western Pacific. It houses three U.S. military services (Air Force, Navy and Army, as well as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The base is home to 5,200 US military personnel, as well as 350 US civilian employees and 900 Japanese national employees.The Misawa Passive Radio Frequency space surveillance site was used for tracking satellites using the signals they transmit. It also provided coverage of geosynchronous satellites using the Deep Space Tracking System (DSTS) but was dismantled around 2002. The Misawa Security Operations Center (MSOC), located in the northwestern part of the Air Base, is believed to be one of the largest ECHELON ground stations.
Established in the recent years Misawa Air Base,Misawa-shi,Aomori,Japan in misawa-shi, aomori in japan.
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