Tsuiki Air Field
Tsuiki Air Field 築城飛行場 Tsuiki Hikōjō | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 33°41′06″N 131°02′25″E / 33.68500°N 131.04028°E | ||||||||||
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  RJFZ Location in Japan | |||||||||||
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Tsuiki Air Field (築城飛行場, Tsuiki Hikōjō) (
JR Kyushu Nippō Main Line runs along the southern border of the base. Since March 2008, the base handles most of the air traffic control operations at Kitakyushu Airport and Yamaguchi Ube Airport
.
History
Tsuiki Airfield was originally built by the
A-26 Invader
bombers on 7 August 1945.
Not rebuilt in the immediate postwar era, the old IJAAF airfield was pressed into use during the early days of the
35th Fighter Group, one of the first USAF units deployed to South Korea, pulled out of the line for F-51 replacement aircraft and personnel R&R at Tsuiki in mid-August. In October, it returned to the South Korean battlefield, moving with the 8th FG to Suwon AB.The 18th FBG also used Tsuiki for F-86 aircraft overhaul and inspections. After its reactivation, Tsuiki Air Base became a second-line USAF facility for the remainder of the Korean War, hosting several weather squadrons, with the 6169th Air Base Squadron being the main host support unit, and supervising construction of new runways and support buildings. After the combat in Korea ended
in 1953, it remained a reserve base until being returned to Japanese control in June 1957.
Even before its return to Japanese control, the fledgling
Okinawa in 2016 and replaced by the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron from Misawa Air Base
the same year.
Tenant units
- Japan Air Self-Defense Force Western Air Defense Force
- 8th Air Wing
- 2nd Air Defence Missile Group
- 7th Anti-Aircraft Squadron (MIM-104 Patriot)
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
- ^ AIS Japan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
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