is a

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force The , 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 ( ...

naval base with port and military aerodrome facilities. It is located on

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in the city of Mutsu in the

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, in extreme northern

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History

On 16 September 1953, the Ōminato District Force was newly formed by the National Safety Agency Coastal Safety Force, the predecessor of the Maritime Self-Defense Force. On 20 January 1954, the Ōminato Garrison was newly established. On 9 August 1960, the Self-Defense Forces Ōminato Hospital was opened. On 15 August 1962, the Ōminato Garrison abolished. Late of March 2021, with the strengthening of the functions of the Self-Defense Forces Yokosuka Hospital, the Self-Defense Forces Ōminato Hospital would be abolished and reduced to a clinic.

Facilities

Facilities in Ōminato Naval Base includes: * Ōminato District Force * Ōminato

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* Ōminato Coastal Safety Force * Ōminato Base Operations Corps * Ōminato Music Corps * Ōminato Medic * Ōminato District Police * Ōminato Repair Supply Station * Ōminato Ammunition Maintenance Supply Station * Self-Defense Force Ōminato Hospital * Fleet Escort Force File:護衛艦と釜臥山.jpg, Panorama of JMSDF Ōminato Base File:JS Chikuma and three Asagiri class destroyers at Ōminato, -16 Aug. 2006 a.jpg, JS Chikuma and three Asagiri class destroyers at Ōminato File:JS Suzunami anchored off Ōminato, -28 Jul. 2010 a.jpg, JS Suzunami anchored off Ōminato File:JS Kongō anchored off Ōminato, -8 Dec. 2011 a.jpg, JS Kongō anchored off Ōminato

Ōminato Air Base

The base is currently home for the JMSDF 25th Squadron equipped with

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helicopters configured for the

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations ar ...

role, and assigned to patrols of the

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. It is also a base of operations for a flight of

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utility helicopters from the JMSDF 73rd Squadron at

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History

On 16 May 1956, Ōminato Air Corps was formed under the control of the Ōminato District Force. On 26 March 2008, the Ōminato Air Corps was incorporated into the 21st Air Group under the control of the

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and reorganized into the 25th Air Group. The 73rd Air Group Ominato Air Detachment was a new edition. On 2 April 2018, the 73rd Air Group of Ōminato Air Detachment was abolished.

Units

The whole air base was under the 25th Air Corps. * Corps General Affairs Office * Corporal Chief's Office * Corps staff room * 251st Squadron: SH-60J / SH-60K (call sign "BATTLEAX") * 251st Maintenance Supply Corps * Ōminato Air Base Corps File:JMSDF SH-60J ominato 20130923 090706.jpg,

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inside Ōminato Air Base hangar File:JapanCoastGuard S-76C+ ominato 20130923 105051.jpg,

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S-76C at Ōminato

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:JMSDF Ominato Base Japanese airbases Ominato Ominato Mutsu, Aomori Military installations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Japan *