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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 ...
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.
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.
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.
Later that year, VF-154 departed NAF Atsugi to transition to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and VFA-27 transitioned to the F/A-18E Super Hornet while VFA-102 became part of CVW-5, flying the F/A-18F. In August 2008, USS George Washington replaced USS Kitty Hawk as the U.S. Navy's forward deployed carrier and CVW-5 was reassigned to USS George ...
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 (HSC-12) Golden Falcons is a United States Navy helicopter squadron formerly designated HS-2, based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, in Japan. They are attached to Carrier Air Wing Five with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan .
In 1994 VFA-27 deployed aboard USS Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Japan. In 1996 the squadron commenced their homeport change from NAS Lemoore to NAF Atsugi, Japan deploying aboard USS Independence . 2000s