is a unit of the
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
The , , also informally referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air and space branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace, other air and space operations, cyberwarfare and electronic warfa ...
based at
Iruma Air Base
is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) base located in the city of Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, north of western Tokyo, Japan.
It was the airfield for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force Academy until 1945, when it became Johnson Air ...
in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefectur ...
north of Tokyo. Under the authority of
Air Support Command, it operates
YS-11FC and
U-125 aircraft. Prior to the U-125 the unit operated
Mitsubishi MU-2
The Mitsubishi MU-2 is a Japanese high-wing, twin-engine turboprop aircraft with a pressurized cabin manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It made its maiden flight in September 1963 and was produced until 1986. It is one of postwar Japa ...
aircraft.
On April 6 2016 a U-125 aircraft operated by the unit crashed near
Kanoya Air Base of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...
in
Kagoshima Prefecture, with all six crew members being killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system.
In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three
Cessna Citation Latitude 680A aircraft.
[ Thompson, Pau]
JASDF Aircraft Profiles
''J-HangarSpace'' Retrieved January 22, 2016
Gallery
File:JASDF Flight Check Squadron insignia.jpg, Squadron insignia on U-125 (2016)
File:Flight Check Squadron YS-11.jpg, YS-11FC (2016)
File:YS-11 U-125 飛行点検隊.jpg, YS-11FC and U-125 of the Flight Check Squadron (2011)
References
External linksUnit homepage
{{Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force