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From the Kadena website: 8/5/2013 - KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Search operations for the missing crew member from yesterday's HH-60 crash in the Central Training Area have been suspended due to the discovery of human remains at the crash site. The remains have yet to be identified. Officials continue...

Hotel in Hualien is the Le Cheng Hotel. As far as I now there are no hotels overlooking Taitung or Hsinchu.

From Iwakuni PAO: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan -- Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni wishes to extend its deepest regrets to the surrounding community that the air station will not hold a Friendship Day in 2013. The annual event, originally planned for May 5, was cancelled due to fiscal con...

It is however not the current version of their squadron badge and probably a remake.

Reinier

From the Andersen AFB website: "1/10/2013 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force are preparing to conduct exercise Cope North 2013 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, scheduled for Feb. 4 through 1...

Sun in your back and mountains in the background. That is only possible in the afternoon, runway 05.

yup ! Hsinchu AB, 41st Tactical Fighter Squadron

They have markings of 11 TFG. Must have been taken in the afternoon.

Some of mine.

I think this was done on purpose because on the T-4 it was exactly the same (only a different scheme).

85-00149 & 85-00150 departed Saturday 20-10. 62-3498 is probably a new KC135 for Kadena. Monday 22-10 it was flying with a Ronin callsign. Here a log from about 09.00-14.00 161012/012 P-3C VP5 "vvMF134" 161126/126 P-3C "vvYJ225" (not sure about this one, I could have messed up the letters) 38019/D K...

Somebody asked for more stuff with a rising sun on it. So here some from Naha.

Thanks

Any updates for Naha?

P.S. For the Taiwanese friends, it is quite safe to come to Japan now.
There are no violence activities like as the mainland China!

Thanks Uni. Then I will wear my Taiwan shirt in Naha.

I thought Taiwanese Trackers were retired not too long ago?

Saw one flying over our new house last week. But as they are stationed in the south I don't see them that often. As far as I know they keep flying until the P-3's arrive.