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From 2010 two of the squadron's C-130Hs (95-1080 and 95-1083) have been equipped with aerial fuel-receiving and refueling functions, making them of KC-130H standard. This provides the JASDF with the ability to refuel the UH-60J search and rescue helicopters of its Air Rescue Wing. [41]
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) purchased 16 in total to replace aging C-1 and YS-11P aircraft. The C-130Hs were received from 1984 to 1998. JASDF C-130Hs were active in Iraq from 2004 to 2008. Two C-130Hs (95-1080 and 95–1083) have been equipped with aerial fuel-receiving and refueling functions, making them of KC-130H standard.
1st Tactical Airlift Group (第1輸送航空隊, dai-ichi-kusoukoukuutai) is a group of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture. [1] [2] [3] It is sometimes referred to as the 1st Tactical Airlift Wing. It consists of two squadrons: 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron (Lockheed C-130H Hercules)
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force flag was first adopted in 1955 after the JASDF was created in 1954. It is based on a cap badge made in 1954. The flag is cobalt blue with a gold winged eagle on top of a combined star, the moon, the Hinomaru sun disc and clouds. [56] The latest version of the JASDF flag was re-adopted on 19 March 2001. [57]
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medevac, and cargo transport aircraft.
From 2009 the Air Rescue Wing began training in air-to-air refueling with US forces, [4] and from 2010 two of the JASDF's 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron C-130H aircraft were given air-to-air refueling equipment, allowing them to refuel UH-60J helicopters. In June 2017 UH-60JA aircraft of the wing practiced night air-to-air refueling with US ...
Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY Updated February 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated an early sign of melanoma.
0–9. 1st Air Wing (JASDF) 1st Flight Training Squadron (JASDF 11th Wing) 1st Squadron (JASDF) 1st Tactical Airlift Group (JASDF) 1st Technical School (JASDF)