Champ Kind Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Slicks are already landing in Sendai with roughly 4500' available. You may recall this image from a few days ago: I PCSed a few weeks too early. Wish I was still there to help out. To all of those reading that are involved in this, fly safe and keep up the awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bnhernandez324 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Are those our F-16's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ Kind Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 No, JASDF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Bigsby Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 And they're Mitsubishi F-2s, not F-16s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkDiggler Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 My link We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. I'll post some pics I took when I get the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HU&W Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 My link We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. I'll post some pics I took when I get the chance. Awesome work. Keep it up guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton Bigsby Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 The wrecked air base is apparently Matsushima AB, a training base - their F-2 RTU is (was) there, so is a Kawasaki T-4 squadron that is also the Blue Impulse demo team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B*D*A Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 My link We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. I'll post some pics I took when I get the chance. Looking forward to the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sandlapper Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 My link We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. I'll post some pics I took when I get the chance. Awesome job fellas. Makes me proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquajam77 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 but aren't F-2s essentially the same as F-16s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Crew Report Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 but aren't F-2s essentially the same as F-16s? Bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkDiggler Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Apologies for the poor quality, all I had was my Iphone. My EWO got some better shots, I'll post those when I get them. Missions into both Sendai and Matsushima are continuing, hopefully we'll be able to start pushing a serious amount of supplies into both and get it to the people that need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Bigger And triple the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 My sister left Misawa today. She acted on a gut feeling that she should leave, packed up her two kids, and caught the first flight to the States-a C-17 to McChord. Scary thing is that she doesn't know when/if she should go back. Japan's in a desperate situation. They're a good people that need to be in our thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 We opened up Sendai yesterday. Field is an absolute wreck, they've got about 4200ft available but STS is working to clear more. They've got a big pile of cars, vans, and mud bulldozed into a pile about 5000ft down the runway. Sounds like the opening few months at Bagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 The economic costs are going to be significant. Assets coming back into Japan are spiking the Yen, which will hammer Japanese industry. Supply chain issues for both exports and imports are going to have significant economic implications for a long time. I just changed my upcoming flight to Singapore because I cannot even connect through Narita due to a global restriction imposed by my company. Ended up saving $3500 on a first class ticket by switching from Delta to a United flight connecting through Hong Kong but it highlighted the downstream economic effects on this disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contraildash Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have some family based at Misawa. The wife was on vacation in Hawaii when this went down, got evacuated there to higher ground for a few hours. She's back in the States now, no word on her house (I don't think they had tsunami issues that far north, but they live close to the beach) nor when she'll be allowed back. I wonder how this will affect the deployed people from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 My sister left Misawa today. She acted on a gut feeling that she should leave, packed up her two kids, and caught the first flight to the States-a C-17 to McChord. I'm a bit surprised they hadn't NEO'd a week ago. Seems to me that every resource not consumed by the base populace could be diverted to the relief effort. Very disruptive to Misawa/Yakota families, but at this point it's all relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Some of the worse damage and destruction I've seen captured on video... Sky News Japanese Tsunami Coverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royal Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Some of the worse damage and destruction I've seen captured on video... Sky News Japanese Tsunami Coverage I still can't rationalize that; all I could think about were the countless man hours, engineering, material production, and infrastructure planning that went into that area just to get wiped out in an instant. Insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Man Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perch Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 unreal. This is one of the more recent videos that has come out. Never underestimate the power of nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standby Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Boat captain rode out tsunami Http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.tsunami.captain/index.html?hpt=C1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AFsock Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) We got a half hour to check out Sendai Airport. Some pics here for those interested - http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v606/Pballr86/Tomodachi%20TDY/ Edited April 8, 2011 by AFsock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck17 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Gents - if you (or more importantly your crews) did work in Japan last year, print this, distribute, and take it to MPF. The Humanitarian Service Medal ain't much, but helps get them the recognition they deserve. ChuckHSM Message.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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