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    The 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (第3飛行隊 (dai-sann-hikoutai)) is a squadron of the 7th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) based at Hyakuri...
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    302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron 第302飛行隊 (dai-sanbyaku-ni-hikoutai) is a squadron of the 3rd Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) based...
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  • 3 Squadron RAF Regiment, a British field squadron 3rd Air Squadron, Indonesia 3rd Tactical Squadron, Poland 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF), Japan...
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    The 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron (第301飛行隊 (dai-sann-byaku-ichi-hikoutai)) is a squadron of the 3rd Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based...
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    Tactical Fighter Squadron November 29, 1965 – January 15, 1968 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron June 18, 1960 – June 16, 1964 418th Fighter Day Squadron December...
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    squadrons of the 35th Fighter-Interceptor Group were attached to the wartime 6131st Tactical Support Wing from 1 August, then to the 6150th Tactical Support...
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    mission, the T-4 has been used by the JASDF's Blue Impulse aerobatic team as well as liaison duties with most fighter units. The first XT-4 prototype flew...
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    Mitsubishi F-2 (category 1990s Japanese fighter aircraft)
    2022, the JASDF operated 91 F-2. Air Defense Command Central Air Defense Force 7th Air Wing, Hyakuri Air Base 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (2001–present)...
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    renounces war, JASDF fighter squadrons have never been deployed in combat overseas. One of the main activities of JASDF fighter squadrons is providing Quick...
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    missions. The JASDF had an estimated 49,913 personnel as of 2018, and as of 2023 operates about 712 aircraft, approximately 321 of them being fighter aircraft...
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    two Tactical Control Operations Teams that executed out of Yozadake Subbase (JASDF), Okinawa. On 1 August 1994 the 623rd Air Control Squadron's two detachments...
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    Israel, David (2 July 2023). "Israel to Purchase 3rd F-35 Squadron, Will Up Number of Stealth Fighters to 75". Jewishpress. Archived from the original...
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    Yokota Hikōjō), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo...
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    21st Fighter Training Squadron (1976–2004) 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (1978–2002) 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1980–1997) Tactical Fighter Training...
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    Shahrokhi) 3rd Tactical Air Base 31st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron: RF-4E 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron: F-4D and F-4E 33rd Tactical Fighter Squadron: F-4D...
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    all-weather, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft. As a product of the United States Air Force's Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF) program, the aircraft was...
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    converted to operate the F-35B. 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-15J) Fighter Training Group 23rd Flying Training Squadron (F-15J) Air Rescue Wing Nyutabaru...
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    equivalents such as paramilitary forces, militia, internal troops and police tactical unit, are an internal security service common in most of the world, but...
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    combat-ready fighter group composed of two deployable F-16CJ "Wild Weasel" fighter squadrons (Tail Code: WW), one operational support squadron, and one air...
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    Prefecture. As of 2019 it has one squadron, equipped with Mitsubishi F-2 and Kawasaki T-4 aircraft: 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron Aircraft 301 TFS F-4EJ Kai...
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    June 2018: F-15C from the 44th Fighter Squadron crashed into the sea off Okinawa. The pilot was rescued by the JASDF Air Rescue Wing Naha Detachment...
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    March 2022, the JASDF operated 14 C-2s. Air Development and Test Wing (2010–present) 3rd Tactical Airlift Wing 403rd Tactical Airlift Squadron (2017–present)...
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    Sukhoi Su-27 (redirect from Su-27 (fighter))
    Mitsubishi F-2 fighters were scrambled to visually confirm the Russian planes, warning them by radio to leave their airspace. A photo taken by a JASDF pilot of...
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    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 of western...
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    Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base the same year. Japan Air Self-Defense Force Western Air Defense Force 8th Air Wing 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-2A/B)...
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    base for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) under the name Hyakuri Air Base, and is the closest fighter base to Tokyo. The airport was known as Hyakuri...
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    1988. 2nd Air Wing 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-15J, Kawasaki T-4) 203rd Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-15J, Kawasaki T-4) 3rd Air Defence Missile Group...
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    Japan's primary jet fighter. In August 1991, then-Lieutenant Colonel Iwasaki took command of the 201st Tactical Fighter Squadron. In December 1997, then-Colonel...
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  • reductions of 50,000 by 15 April 1971. 31st Tactical Fighter Wing moved to United States, 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron inactivated and planes returned to the...
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  • McDonnell Douglas F-4C-25-MC Phantom II fighter, 64-0923, of the 196th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 184th Tactical Fighter Wing, crashed into San Gorgonio Mountain...
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