(1) Ian Petchenik, SPAR19 Becomes the Most Tracked Flight of All Time. Flightradar24.com, Aug 2, 2022.
https://www.flightradar24.com/bl ... flight-of-all-time/
(2) Pelosi's Plane to Taiwan Took a Longer Route Than a Regular Flight. CNN, Aug 2, 2022
("Instead of a typical route, which sends flights over the South China Sea for a roughly 4.5 hour journey from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur * * * It landed after roughly seven hours in the air")
(3) 22 US Military Refueling Aircraft Arrive at Base in Okinawa. Tokyo: NHK, Aug 2, 2022.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220803_01/
Note:
(a) Okinawa Defense Bureau 沖縄防衛局 is one of eight regional defense bureaus 地方防衛局 under Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) 防衛省.
(b) "near the village of Kadena" en.wikipedia.org for "Kadena Air Base" 嘉手納飛行場. (The ja.wikipedia.org for 嘉手納飛行場 says: "英語: Kadena airfield * * * [but] 嘉手納空軍基地(Kadena Air Base=英語での正式名 [my translation for the last clause: the formal name in English]."
沖縄県中頭郡嘉手納町嘉手納 is where 役場 town hall of 嘉手納町 is located. |