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Misawa Air Base

The 35th Fighter Wing brings a vivid and distinguished history to Misawa Air Base, Japan. It originally activated at Johnson Air Base, Japan, on Aug. 18, 1948, under the command of Col. Edgar M. Scattergood. The 35th Fighter Wing's original mission was to fly air defense over Japan. Flying F-51 fighters, it carried out this mission until Jan. 20, 1950, when the wing was redesignated the 35th Fighter Interceptor Wing and assigned F-80 aircraft.
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Col Paul T. Davidson Commander 35th FW	Col Matthew R. Kenkel Deputy Commander 35th FW	Chief Master Sergeant David J. Najera Command Chief 35th FW

Col. Gregory G. Keller, 35th Operations Group
Col. B ryan K. Wong, 35th Maintenance Group
Col. Jonathan B. Bell, 35th Mission Support Group
Col. Winton P.D. Laslie, 35th Medical Group


Captain Paul A. Hockran Commanding Officer NAF Misawa	Commander Harlan Johnson Executive Officer NAF Misawa	CMDCM (SW/AW)E arl Johnson Command Master Chief NAF Misawa

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