Airport: Misawa [MSJ/RJSM]
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MISAWA, Japan (May 13, 2022) Twelve Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning IIs, two E-2C Hawkeyes, one CH47J Chinook, one U.S. Navy C-12 Huron, one EA-18G Growler, one P-8A Poseidon, and 16 U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi into position during an "Elephant Walk" at Misawa Air Base. The Elephant Walk showcased Misawa Air Base's collective readiness and ability to generate combat airpower at a moment's notice to ensure regional stability throughout the Indo-Pacific. Naval Air Facility Misawa provides aviation and ground logistics support and services to all permanent and transient U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps forces in Northern Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Juan Sebastian Sua)
Pedestrians are out shopping on the main drag after the big snowstorm had passed in early January 1967.
Just visible on a utility pole beyond the vehicles on the right, a sign advertises a movie playing at the 第ニ中央 - Dai Ni Chuo, 2nd Center, which most Americans on base called the "Second Show," and was the theater where I saw at least one of Clint Eastwood's "Spaghetti Westerns" while enjoying a "combat jug."
At some point, covered sidewalks were built on both sides of Misawa's main drag, and it became known to the Americans from base as "White Pole Road."
Now much of "Main St." near Chuo-Cho has been widened and given sidewalks. Many if not most of the buildings seen here have been torn down, and the white poles too are gone from this part of town, although it appears some remain further down near the train station. The old Heiwa pachinko parlor at the corner of Main and 1st St., to my immediate left in this photo and kitty corner from the old Snack Bar, has been torn down and replaced with a four-story "Bld. Aim" housing the La La La Karaoke.
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Any mistakes in the Japanese translations are my own.
救難消防車IB型（ローゼンバウアー パンター 6x6 第3世代）
Rescue Fire Engine Type IB (Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 3rd Gen.)
航空自衛隊 航空総隊 北部航空方面隊 第3航空団 基地業務群 施設隊 / 三沢基地
JASDF Air Defense Command, Northern Air Defense Force, 3rd Air Wing, Air Base Group, Civil Engineer Squadron / Misawa Air Base
2025年9月21日 三沢飛行場（航空自衛隊・アメリカ空軍 三沢基地・三沢空港 / 三沢基地航空祭2025）にて撮影
September 21, 2025 at Misawa Airfield (JASDF / USAF Misawa Air Base / Misawa Airport, Misawa Air Fest 2025), MSJ / RJSM