Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Personnel
Airmen	46,000 (1992 est.)
Strength
Combat Aircraft	330 (1992 est.)

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (kanji:航空自衛隊 koukuu jieitai) is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations. The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan and also maintains an extensive network of ground and air early warning radar systems. The branch also has an aerobatic team known as Blue Impulse, and has recently been involved in providing air transport in several UN peacekeeping missions. Image File history File links Rising_sun. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 Category Kanji (   漢字[?], literally Han characters) are Chinese characters used in Japanese. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq be merged into this article or section. ... Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a particular country on top of its territory and territorial waters or, more generally, any specific portion of the atmosphere. ... Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of defensive mission for fighter aircraft, in which they guard a designated site, either a fixed site on land, ships at sea, or less commonly support aircraft such as aerial tankers. ... This long range radar antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. ... Soon after aircraft were invented, pilots realised that they could be used as part of a flying circus to entertain people or impress others in what was termed aerobatics. ... Blue Impulse (T-4) Blue Impulseor 11 Squadron is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. ...

History

Formation

Prior to the formation of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces after World War II, Japan did not have a separate air force. Aviation operations were carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Following World War II the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were dissolved and replaced by the JSDF with the passing of the 1954 Self-Defense Forces Law with the JASDF as the aviation branch. Japans honor guard often marches to greet the arrival of foreign dignitaries. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war. ... The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service was Imperial Japans land based aviation force. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service or Kaigun Koku Hombu was a major force in the Pacific War during World War Two. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Imperial Japanese Army (大日本帝國陸軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun) was the official armed force of Japan from 1867 to 1945. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...

Organization

• Director-General of the Defense Agency
  • JASDF Chief of Staff / Air Staff Office
    • Air Defense Command
      • Northern Air Defense Force: Misawa
      • Central Air Defense Force: Iruma
      • Western Air Defense Force: Kasuga
      • Southwestern Air Defense Force: Naha
      • Airborne Early Warning Group: Misawa
      • Tactical Reconnaissance Group: Hyakuri
      • Tactical Fighter Training Group: Nyutabaru
      • Air Defense Missile Training Group Hamamatsu, Chitose
    • Air Support Command: Fuchu
    • Air Training Command: Hamamatsu
    • Air Development and Test Command: Iruma
    • Air Materiel Command Headquarters: Jujou

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Equipment

Mitsubishi F-2 of the JASDF

Fighters

• F-15J/DJ
• F-4E/EJ
• F-2A/B
• F-1

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Recon / Electronic warfare

• RF-4E/EJ
• E-2C
• E-767

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Trainers

• T-1
• T-2
• T-3
• T-4
• T-7
• T-400

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Transports

• C-1
• YS-11
• C-130H
• Boeing 747-400 (VIP transport)

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External links

• Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Japanese) (English)