Kasuga Air Base

Kasuga Air Base
	Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan
	Kasuga Air Base, operating center of air defense over the western part of Japan
Type	Air force base
Site information
Controlled by	Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Site history
Built	1959
Garrison information
Current; commander	Commander, Western Aircraft Control and Warning Wing
Garrison	Western Air Defense Force (WADF); Kasuga Helicopter Airlift Squadron

Kasuga Air Base (春日基地, kasuga-kichi) is a base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] The base serves as the headquarter of Western Air Defense Force (WADF), with its Area of Responsibility encompassing Kyushu, Shikoku and the Chūgoku region on the western part of the country.[2] A hotline connecting Kasuga Air Base and Daegu (Taegu) Air Base in South Korea is also established, through which communications between the two countries are carried out several dozen times a day.[3][4]

Tenant squadrons

The base lacks a runway or dedicated helicopter landing facilities, so flying units commanded from here are actually located at the nearby Fukuoka Airport.

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References

春日基地. mod.go.jp. Ministry of Defense, Japan. Retrieved October 31, 2017. (in Japanese)
西部航空方面隊. Air Defense Command (ADC), JASDF. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017. (in Japanese)
"Press Conference by the Defense Minister". Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in English)
大臣会見概要. Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in Japanese)

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[1] 春日基地. mod.go.jp. Ministry of Defense, Japan. Retrieved October 31, 2017. (in Japanese)

[ADC_JASDF-2] 西部航空方面隊. Air Defense Command (ADC), JASDF. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017. (in Japanese)

[JMOD-3] "Press Conference by the Defense Minister". Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in English)

[JMOD_ja-4] 大臣会見概要. Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in Japanese)