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