Flight Check Squadron (JASDF) explained
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]
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 navigation aid system.[4] [5] [6] [7]
In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three Cessna Citation Latitude 680A aircraft.[8]
External links
Unit homepage
Notes and References
- Thompson, Paul JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved February 15, 2017
- https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/iruma/about/unit_operation/index.html Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation
- http://nabe3saviation.web.fc2.com/ahokaj.html JASDF's other fixed-wing aircraft
- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/06/national/asdf-jet-disappears-radar-southwestern-japan/ ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016
- Yoshida, Reiji Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/08/national/bodies-last-two-crew-members-wreckage-asdf-plane-found-kagoshima-prefecture-mountain/ Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016
- https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20160406-0 ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base
- Thompson, Paul JASDF Aircraft Profiles J-HangarSpace Retrieved January 22, 2016
