| Metabaru Air Field | |
| Nativename-A: | 目達原駐屯地 |
| Nativename-R: | Metabaru Hikōjō |
| Icao: | RJDM |
| Type: | Military |
| Location: | JGSDF Camp Metabaru, Japan |
| Elevation-F: | 53 |
| Coordinates: | 33.3253°N 130.4136°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Japan |
| Pushpin Label: | RJDM |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Japan |
| Metric-Rwy: | yes |
| R1-Number: | 04/22 |
| R1-Length-F: | 2,165 |
| R1-Length-M: | 660 |
| R1-Surface: | Paved |
| Footnotes: | Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] |
is a military aerodrome of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It is located at JGSDF, in Yoshinogari, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Metabaru Air Field was opened in 1943 as a branch of the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service Tachiarai Training School with the specific task of training pilots for the Japanese Special Attack Units. In 1954, it became a supply depot for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, with the 4th Air Corps relocating from Ozuki Garrison in 1956.The 4th Air Corps became the 4th Squadron, a subordinate unit of the Western Air Corps in 1962. In 1968, the Western Helicopter Squadron was established. This was followed by the 3rd Anti-Tank Helicopter Squadron in 1990. The squadron was equipped with AH-64D Apache from 2010.
On February 5, 2018 an AH-64D Apache based at Metabaru crashed in nearby Kanzaki, Saga. Both crew members were killed in the crash, a local person was injured and a house was destroyed.[2] [3] [4] [5]