Flight Check Squadron (JASDF)

Flight Check Squadron (飛行点検隊, hikoutenkentai) is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo. Under the authority of Air Support Command,[1] it operates YS-11FC and U-125 aircraft.[2] Prior to the U-125 the unit operated Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft.[3]

Flight Check Squadron
飛行点検隊
Flight Check Squadron U-125(2017)
Active	October 1, 1958
Country	Japan
Allegiance	Air Support Command
Branch	Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Garrison/HQ	Iruma Air Base
Aircraft flown
YS-11FC, U-125

On April 6 2016 a U-125 aircraft operated by the unit crashed near Kanoya Air Base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Kagoshima Prefecture, with all six crew members being killed. It had been checking the base's air naviation aid system.[4][5][6][7]

In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three Cessna Citation Sovereign 680A aircraft.[8]

Gallery

• Aircraft
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  Squadron insignia on U-125 (2016)
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  YS-11FC (2016)
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  YS-11FC and U-125 of the Flight Check Squadron (2011)

References

1. Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved February 15, 2017
2. Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 22, 2017 (in Japanese)
3. JASDF's other fixed-wing aircraft Retrieved January 22, 2016
4. ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
5. Yoshida, Reiji Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
6. Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
7. ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base Aviation Safety Network Retrieved January 23, 2017
8. Thompson, Paul JASDF Aircraft Profiles J-HangarSpace Retrieved January 22, 2016

External links

Unit homepage (in Japanese)