The discovery this week of an inert piece of training ordnance left behind from a recent exercise caused Misawa Air Base, Japan, to shut its gates momentarily.
The fighter base in northeastern Japan closed its gates at 2:25 p.m. Monday while an explosive ordnance disposal team responded to the discovery near the Kamakita gate on the base’s northwest side. The gates reopened 17 minutes later, after EOD personnel identified the object as a training munition left over from a recent readiness training exercise.
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Source: Stars and Stripes