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Christmas 1960 -- First television broadcast

Col. Donald A. Baccus. Misawa Air Base Commander, hosted the first FEN -- later AFN -- television broadcast at Misawa AB on Christmas Day, 1960. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Christmas 1952

During Christmas 1952, the NCO and Officers' Wives Clubs sponsored a Christmas party for 600 Japanese children from the local community. The clubs raised money for gifts and collected clothes for the children. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: December

Northern Light (Courtesy Photo)

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P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs of the 35th Fighter Group

Two P-47 Thunderbolts and six P-51 Mustangs in the maintenance area of the 35th Fighter Group, Lingayen Airfield, Luzon, Philippines, April 1945. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Mark XI Spitfire, 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

A Mark XI Spitfire of the 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, tail number PA944 assigned to Mount Farm, England, circa 1944. The Mark XI was a Mark IX Spitfire that had been modified for speed and loiter time. The Mark XI had its guns and armor removed and replaced with a more powerful engine and larger fuel tank. Pilots of the Mark XI took to the skies of war-torn Europe without weapons in order to take strategic photographs of German targets. These photographs allowed allied bombers to strike the most valuable enemy assets. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Building 1742

Building 1742 at Misawa Air Base was briefly the home of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron’s “Dirt Boys.” During the tenure of the Dirt Boys in the building, several unexpected deaths occurred among Japanese civilians in the unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dr. Richard Clark)

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Haunted Leftwich Park

Leftwich Park on Security Hill was, according to rumor, the site of a collapsed bunker from World War II. At night, the voices of playing children have been reported at the park. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dr. Richard Clark)

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Ghostly Handprints

The unexplained handprints of children appear each morning on the windows of the Enlisted Club at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dr. Richard Clark)

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P-3 Orion from Misawa

A P-3 Orion from Misawa Air Base, Japan flys past Mt. Fuji, date unknown. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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First JASDF Unit at Misawa

Mr. Y. Yokohama, Capt. N.F. Reed, Maj. J. Matsumoto, Sgt. Hurbert Dumas, Capt. Y. Kadoi, Capt. Z. Muta and 1st Lt. D.R. Fitzgeralddiscuss plans to handle the administration and training of Japan Air Self-Defense Force students who arrived at Misawa Air Base in October, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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35th Fighter Wing Activation Ceremony

Lt Gen Richard B. Meyers, U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force Commander, and Brig Gen George W. Norwood, 35th Fighter Wing Commander, uncase the 35th Fighter Wing flag during the unit activation ceremony at Misawa, Japan on October 3, 1994. The 35th Fighter Wing officially activated on October 1, 1994. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

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Divers retrieve downed jet

Divers retrieve an Air Force F-84G Thunderjet from Lake Ogawara in 1982. (U.S. Air Force Photograph)

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The Misawa Air Base golf course begins operations

In 1961, the U.S. Air Force opened a nine-hole course at Misawa Air Base. (Courtesy photograph, Ira Silberman)

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The U.S. Navy bombs Misawa Air Base

U.S. Navy, Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters in formation, circa mid-1943. In August 1945, similar aircraft struck Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Navy photograph)

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Misawa Air Group strikes the U.S. Marines

Bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy deployed from Misawa Air Base to participate in a strike on the U.S. 1st Marine Division in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: July

The AN/FLR-9 antenna array at Misawa Air Base had the capability of intercepting and directionally locating signals up to 4,000 nautical miles distant. Known as the Elephant Cage, the antenna array was constructed from 1963 to 1965. (U.S. Air Force historical photo)

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: July

Airmen of the 432d Civil Engineer Squadron prepare a World War II-era, M-65 bomb for removal from the construction site of the new base hospital at Misawa Air Base on July 29, 1991. (U.S. Air Force historical photo)

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: July

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: June

Col. Dean Hess' F-51D readied for a combat flight in 1950. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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This Month in 35th Fighter Wing and Misawa Air Base History: June

Gun camera image of the MiG-17 victory by F-105 pilot Maj. Ralph Kuster Jr. on June 5, 1967. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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