JAPAN

Delegates from Wenatchee Valley, Washington pose together in front of an F-16 Fighting Falcon with 35th Fighter Wing leadership at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 23. 2023. Delegates from Wenatchee visit Misawa City annually, highlighting the legacy of community relations initiated by the historic Miss Veedol flight in 1931, the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean starting at Sabishiro Beach, Misawa and landing in East Wenatchee.

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