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Chitose Air Base (千歳基地, Chitose Kichi) (ICAO: RJCJ), is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force base located in Chitose, Hokkaidō, adjacent to New Chitose Airport. It is the JASDF 's primary base in northern Japan and tasked with monitoring Japan's maritime borders with Russia .
A. ^ The eastern portions of Tachikawa AB were redesignated as "JAMA Army Air Base" on 27 Feb 1947. [9] It was redesignated as "FEAMCOM Air Base" on 1 Jul 1949, and was consolidated again with the western portion of Tachikawa AB on 1 Jan 1956. B. ^ 1503d ATW was moved from Haneda AB to Tachikawa AB on 15 Jul 1957. [10]
The United States Forces Japan (USFJ) (Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. [1]
After World War II the US Air Force set up several bases across Japan, including major sites in Okinawa, Misawa, and Yokota. These locations were strategically chosen during the early stages of the Cold War to serve as key operational points for American military activities in Asia. As the frequency of military flights increased within Japanese ...
The facility which houses Yokota Air Base was originally constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in 1940 as Tama Airfield, and used as a flight test center. During World War II Yokota became the center of Japanese Army Air Forces flight test activities and the base was the site of the first meeting between Japanese and Italian wartime allies.
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]
Ashiya Air Field (芦屋飛行場, Ashiya Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJFA) is a military airdrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Ashiya Airbase (芦屋基地, Ashiya Kitchi). It is located 0.5 NM (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) north [ 1 ] of Ashiya in the Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan .
The United States Air Force's 35th Fighter Wing (35 FW) is the host unit at Misawa Air Base. The wing conducts daily F-16 flight training to maintain its combat readiness. Its pilots fly air-to-air weapons delivery exercises over water and sharpen their air-to-ground skills using the Draughon Gunnery Range (formerly Ripsaw Range) located 12 ...