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    T-4 U-4 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Central Air Command Support Squadron (JASDF). Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation Archived 2014-10-09...
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    Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 航空自衛隊, Hepburn: Kōkū Jieitai), JASDF (空自, Kūji), also referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air and space...
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    Yokota Air Base (横田飛行場, Yokota Hikōjō), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the...
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    conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Its sole operator is the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), in part due to historic restrictions on the exporting of military...
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    Misawa Air Base (三沢飛行場, Misawa Hikōjō) (IATA: MSJ, ICAO: RJSM) is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), the United States Air Force...
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    Japan Air Self-Defense Force As of March 2022, the JASDF operated 91 F-2. Air Defense Command Central Air Defense Force 7th Air Wing, Hyakuri Air Base...
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    Air Control Squadron (623 ACS) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force assigned to the 18th Wing. The 623d is based out of Kadena Air Base...
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    under license 1956–1961, and were assigned to 10 fighter hikōtai or squadrons. JASDF called F-86F the "Kyokukō" (旭光, Rising Sunbeam) and F-86D the "Gekkō"...
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    at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, then at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, in support of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 on 16...
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    forces hosted by the JASDF. On 14 December 2017, it was announced No. 12 (B) Squadron would stand as a joint RAF/Qatari Air Force squadron, with the Qatari...
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    Iruma Air Base (入間基地, Iruma-kichi) (ICAO: RJTJ) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) base located in the city of Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, north...
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    Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (category 1960s United States command and control aircraft)
    Egyptian Air Force 87 Squadron  France French Navy Flottille 4F (E-2C Hawkeye 2000)  Japan Japan Air Self-Defense Force: As of March 2023, the JASDF operated...
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    Japanese government also showed interest in the F-22. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) would reportedly require fewer fighters for its mission if...
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    twin-engine, all-weather air superiority fighter based on the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle in use by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The F-15J was produced...
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    of its four Boeing KC-767Js operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, which also brought the JASDF Taiko Drummers to the show. RIAT 2013 took place...
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    Boeing E-767 (category 1990s United States command and control aircraft)
    prompting the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) to consider procurement of airborne early warning aircraft. In 1976, the U.S. Air Force was about to...
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    Air National Guard until 1963. At that time they were recalled by the USAF Air Defense Command for the 319th and 331st Fighter Interceptor Squadrons....
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    Japan Air Self Defense Force from land bases; according to the 2020 Japanese Defense Ministry white paper the STOVL model was chosen for the JASDF due the...
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    fought in the Korean War—and aircraft of the Communist squadron. Mitsubishi F-86F Sabres of the JASDF regularly appear in the Showa era of kaiju films produced...
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    exercise, US Pacific Command and Australian Defence Force Joint Operations Command jointly executed more than 25 landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) trips...
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    Fighter Squadron announced the earlier retirement of their remaining F-4EJs, concluding the Phantom's long-running career in the JASDF Air Defense Command. Although...
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    Squadron 138 (VAQ-138), also known as the "Yellow Jackets", is an expeditionary EA-18G Growler squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station...
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    KV-107II-5 (CT58-IHI-110-1) Long-range SAR version for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), 17 built. KV-107IIA-5 (CT58-IHI-104-1) Uprated version of...
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    Boeing KC-46 Pegasus (category Air refueling)
    Squadron Air Education and Training Command 97th Air Mobility Wing – Altus AFB, Oklahoma 56th Air Refueling Squadron Air Mobility Command 22d Air Refueling...
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    all Nike Hercules missile sites were handed over to the JASDF. Battery B,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern...
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    14 Squadron- Pilot training Central Flying School- Qualified Flight Instructor training Black Falcons- Aerobatic display team Thailand Royal Thai Air Force...
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    People's Liberation Army Navy (category Theater Command grade units of the Armed Forces of China)
    incursions were recorded. From April to December, the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled fighters 160 times in response to Chinese aircraft...
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    2nd Air Rescue Squadron 3rd Air Rescue Squadron 7th Air Rescue Squadron 12th Air Rescue Squadron 53rd Air Rescue Squadron 57th Air Rescue Squadron 58th...
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    Etajima) JASDF Officer Candidate School, Nara Joint Staff College JGSDF Training Evaluation Research and Development Command JMSDF Staff College JASDF Staff...
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    35th Fighter Wing (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    units representing all four US military services and the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF).[clarification needed] The Operations Group controls all flying...
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