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Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō) (IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean , and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which ...
In the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Fleet Air Force (Japanese: 航空集団, romanized: kōkū shūdan) is its naval aviation branch, responsible for both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft [1] [2] and headquartered in Naval Air Facility Atsugi. [3] As of 2012, it was equipped with over 200 fixed-wing aircraft and 150 helicopters.
Atsugi Naval Air Base - now Naval Air Facility Atsugi operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy; Kure Naval Base - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base
Naval Support Facility Kamiseya (上瀬谷通信施設, Kamiseya Tsūshin Shisetsu) (UIC 0557A) is a detachment of U.S. Naval Air Facility, NAF Atsugi, Japan.The facility is located on the Kantō Plain, approximately three miles (4.8 km) northeast of NAF Atsugi, and 7.55 miles (12.15 km) WNW of Yokohama.
Naval Air Facility Atsugi: Kanagawa Prefecture Japan: N/A Navy Region Japan [48] Naval Support Activity Bahrain: Manama Bahrain: Bahrain International Airport: Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central [49] Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia: Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory: N/A Navy Region Japan [50] Naval Air Facility Misawa: Aomori ...
The squadron was founded at Atsugi Naval Air Facility on December 20, 1971 equipped with NAMC YS-11 aircraft. In 1989 it began to operate the LC-90, and in November 2014 the unit began to operate five former Lockheed Martin KC-130R tanker aircraft of the US Marine Corps.
Atsugi is located in the hilly center of Kanagawa Prefecture, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from central Tokyo or 30 kilometres (19 mi) from central Yokohama.It is located at the northern end of the Sagami Plain created by the Sagami River, which originates from Lake Yamanaka, and straddles the Tanzawa Mountains in the west and the plain on the west bank of the Sagami River to the southeast.