The United States Army:

The 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment celebrated the unveiling of the first Patriot Missile Storage Facility in Japan during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Kadena Air Base May 19.

The MSF was a joint and bilateral construction project starting in 2020 between Japan District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; U.S. Air Force 18th Munitions Squadron; and Japan’s Nishimatsu Construction Company. It was designed to store Patriot missiles and facilitate rapid access to meet critical time requirements during 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment integrated air and missile defense operations…



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