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The Seabees (Navy construction battalions) came to the base in 1950 and prepared it for re-opening that December as Naval Air Station Atsugi. NAF Atsugi was a major naval air base during both the Korean War and Vietnam War, serving fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft. One of the aircraft based at Atsugi at least since 1957 [4] was the U-2 ...
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. The base consists of 587 acres (2.38 km 2) with 110 acres (0.45 km 2) within the fence line. It has 184 buildings (including three bachelor quarters and 68 housing units) and a plant property value ...
Enviro-Tech (Formerly Shinkampo) Incinerator (left) Fumigates NAF Atsugi Military Housing (right). The Enviro-Tech Incinerator Complex (Atsugi Incinerator) was a waste incinerator located in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, [1] (formerly Jinkanpo/Shinkampo). [2] It began operation on March 3, 1980 and was closed on April 30, 2001. [3]
Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base; Oroku Aerodrome/Oroku Naval Air Base - now the Naha Airport/Naha Air Base (JSADF, but the MSDF also has a presence) Kōchi Airfield - now Kōchi Ryōma Airport; Truk Islands naval base; Tokushima naval base with seaplane base ...
Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific (FRC WESTPAC) is an aircraft maintenance unit of the United States Navy. It is located at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. It is a subsidiary of the Navy's Commander, Fleet Readiness Center (COMFRC).
Naval Forces Japan (United States) A. Naval Air Facility Atsugi; F. United States Fleet Activities Sasebo; ... Naval Housing Annex Negishi
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.
Shin-Jinbutsuoraisha Co., Ltd., Tōkyō, Japan. Kingendaishi Hensankai, Military history of the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Groups and Imperial Japanese Army Flying Regiments, 2001, ISBN 4-404-02945-4. Rekishi Dokuhon, Document of the war No. 52 Naval Air Group and Kamikaze, 2001, ISBN 4-404-02757-5. Air World, Air World Inc., Tōkyō, Japan.