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Ching Chuan Kang Air Base
Taiwan
Sarah trundled down the long concrete runway in the ginormous Hercules. She was finally becoming accustomed to flying this behemoth over the Taiwan Strait but sorely missed flying alone and fast in her sleek F-35. That said, she was grateful she still had the opportunity to fly with the Marines. Flying was her freedom.
This airbase was an old one, having been originally built by the Japanese in the 1930s. Later, during the Cold War, the US Air Force had used the base to provide support for the United States Taiwan Defense Command. In 1979, after relations between the US and the People’s Republic of China had improved, the US lowered their flag there for what they thought would be the last time. But history has a way of repeating itself, and the US e
