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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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  • The Northern Air Command Support Flight (北部航空方面隊支援飛行班, hokubu-kōkūhōmentai-shien-hikō-han) is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Misawa...
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    of Yozadake Subbase (JASDF), Okinawa. On 1 August 1994 the 623rd Air Control Squadron's two detachments became separate flights under the USAF's objective...
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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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    F-35". FlightGlobal. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Parsons, Dan (15 February 2015). "USAF chief keeps sights on close air support mission"...
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    non-US 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...
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    Govindasamy, Siva (10 June 2009). "Japan makes another push for F-22". Flight Global. "JASDF's Next Generation Fighter". Lockheed Martin. Archived from the original...
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    Field, a Royal Air-Force aerodrome, in the summer of 1940 and joins B-Flight of No 72 Squadron, equipped with Blenheims and commanded by Flight-Lieutenant...
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  • – All Nippon Airways Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200 operating a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo, Japan, collided with a JASDF F-86 Sabre fighter jet...
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    remaining F-4EJs, concluding the Phantom's long-running career in the JASDF Air Defense Command. Although retirement was announced, the 301st TFS continued operations...
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    the Commanders of the several Operational Commands. Each service branches Chiefs of Staff (JGSDF, JMSDF, JASDF) have administrative control over their own...
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    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...
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    the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The differences between the CH-47J and the CH-47D are the...
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  • now also welcomes officers from both the JGSDF and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). Several current JGSDF units, such as the 1st, 27th, 33rd,...
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    sixth-generation stealth fighter in development for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter...
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    Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has been relied on to provide air cover at sea, a role that is subordinate to the JASDF's primary mission of air defense...
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  • operations against "opposing" USAF and JASDF and Navy as ANNUALEX 01G. USS Antietam (CG-54) served as the "..Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator for her successive...
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    Straits, "Autumn Flower", air defense exercises with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) and the United States Fifth Air Force. On 7 November, America...
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    who were promoted to JASDF Major Generals in 2007 and 2011 respectively. JMSDF Captain Ryoko Azuma became the first woman to command a warship division...
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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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    Members of 623d Air Control Flight, Kadena AB, Japan, callsign "Lightsword" deployed to Honshu, Japan. The Lightsword team deployed to a JASDF radar facility...
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    Received First EC225 In VIP Configuration For The Japanese Emperor’s Royal Flight Service Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Solomon. "JGSDF...
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    integrated with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), United States Air Force (USAF), and the United States Marine...
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  • completed 14th) JASDF F-35As are temporarily grounded following the crash. May 17 An U.S. Air Force F-16 crashed into a warehouse near the March Air Reserve Base...
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  • A JASDF McDonnell-Douglas F-4EJ Phantom II, 47-8343, crashes into the Sea of Japan near Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. 20 October A Swiss Air Force...
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  • (JGSDF), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The Prime Minister is the commander-in-chief of the Japan...
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    35th Operations Group (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Air Force Historical Research Agency)
    It supported units of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Northern Air Defense Force. In addition to providing air defense of northern Japan...
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  • accidentally shot down by an AIM-9L Sidewinder fired by another JASDF F-15 during air-to-air combat training. The pilot ejects and is picked up safe. 29 January...
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    Airways Flight 58 collided with a JASDF fighter plane, killing all 162 on board. The JASDF pilot survived. On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571...
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