In August, two months before their return, the unit had successfully navigated the large-scale secret operation styled “global strike,” a “long-distance preemptive attack.” This was the victorious return from the highest of Air Force missions. The welcome was more emphatic than usual, and the atmosphere on base appeared elated. But something was different on that particular day.
The above, then, should have been another commonplace scene. It continually sends F-16CJ Fighting Falcons off to the Middle East. The Misawa Base, the only Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) unit of the US Pacific forces headquartered in Hawaii, is, so to speak, in the position of the first attacker of the entire force. This was Misawa, the US Base in Aomori in northern Japan (home of the US Air Force’s 35th Fighter Wing) in October 2007, when the wind blowing ashore from the Pacific was turning cold. “So good you’re home.” “I missed you.” Many such warm words are exchanged making onlookers smile. A pilot in flight suit awaits them, arms spread. With a proud high-heel clatter not becoming a military runway, she rushes forward, followed by her children with slightly shy looks on their faces. Tyler Young, 13th Fighter Squadron pilot, shares a laugh with his wife, Anna, and daughter, Clara, after returning from a deployment Aug.
Mission Impossible? Misawa as the Forward Staging Area for the Secret US-Japan Nuclear Deal and the Bombing of IraqĪ Misawa Base pilot is met by his family on his safe return.
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