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Naha Air Base (那覇基地, Naha Kichi), formally known as the Kōkū Jieitai Naha Kichi (航空自衛隊那覇基地), is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force formerly under control of the United States Air Force. It is located at Naha Airport on the Oroku Peninsula in Naha, Okinawa, Japan. [2] [3]
The Air Rescue Wing Naha Detachment (那覇救難隊 (naha-kyūnan-tai)) is a unit of the Air Rescue Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It is also known as the Naha Air Rescue Squadron. Responsible for airborne search and rescue, it is based at Naha Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. [1] It is equipped with UH-60J and U-125A aircraft. [2]
The 623d is tasked to provide Command & Control within a sector of the Japanese Air Defense System. The 623d conducts operations out of Japanese Air Self Defense Force facilities located at Naha Air Base, Kasuga Air Base and Iruma Air Base. The 623d operates the Southwest Sector Interface Control Cell, conducting joint and bilateral tactical ...
The Naha Helicopter Airlift Squadron (那覇ヘリコプター空輸隊 (naha-herikoputa-kūyu-tai)) also known as the Naha Helicopter Transport Squadron is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It comes under the authority of the Air Rescue Wing. It is based at Naha Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. [1] It is equipped with CH-47J aircraft ...
After a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Taiwan last week prompted a tsunami alert for Okinawa, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Naha Air Base, attached to the low-lying Naha Airport on the ...
The airport is also home to Naha Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Naha Airport is the hub for Japan Transocean Air, which connects Okinawa Prefecture with other prefectures of Japan, and Ryukyu Air Commuter, which connects Okinawa main island with surrounding islands. Naha Airport is a 24-hour airport, and served 21.5 million ...
On November 26, 1985 the squadron transferred to Naha Air Base in Okinawa. On December 9, 1987 an F-4EJ operated by the squadron flying from Naha fired warning shots on two occasions when a Tupolev Tu-16 of the Soviet Air Force entered Japanese air space over Okinawa. This was the first time an SDF fighter had fired warning shots at an ...
The 9th Air Wing (第9航空団 (dai-kyuu-koukudan)) is a wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It comes under the authority of the Southwestern Air Defense Force. It is based at Naha Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. [1] [2] As of 2017 it has two squadrons, both equipped with Mitsubishi F-15J/DJ and Kawasaki T-4 aircraft: 204th Tactical ...