Hamamatsu Air Base
Hamamatsu Air Base 浜松基地 Hamamatsu-kichi | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 34°45′01″N 137°42′11″E / 34.75028°N 137.70306°E | ||||||||||
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Hamamatsu Air Base (浜松基地, Hamamatsu-kichi) (
History
Hamamatsu Air Base was established in 1925 as an
The training syllabus was transformed in 1954 into separate schools for flight training, aircraft maintenance and communications. The base was divided into northern and southern areas in 1958, with the operational area in the north housing the
The Blue Impulse squadron was transferred to
The First Air Wing transitioned from
In 1999, an aviation museum, the JASDF Hamamatsu Air Base Publication Center (航空自衛隊浜松広報館, Hamamatsu Kōhōkan), was established.
In 2004, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Hamamatsu Air Base hosted a display by the
From 2008, the MIM-104 Patriot missile has been deployed at Hamamatsu Air Base.
Organization
Hamamatsu Air Base is currently headquarters to the JASDF Air Training Command. Units currently based at Hamamatsu include:
- 1st Air Wing
- Airborne Early Warning Group
- Air Basic Training Wing
- UH-60J)
- Hamamatsu Anti-Aircraft Missile Group
- Air Officer Training School
- 1st & 2nd Technical School
- Air Training Aids Group
- Air Traffic Control Group
- Air Weather Service Group
- Hamamatsu Air Police Group
References
- ^ a b AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ "Blue Impulse Losses & Ejectees". ejection-history.org.uk. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Home - Gallery index - Publi".
- ^ "Rod's WarBirds".
External links
- (in Japanese) Official JASDF page
- Current weather for RJNH at NOAA/NWS
