207th Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)

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207th Tactical Fighter Squadron
第207飛行隊
Active March 1, 1966-March 19, 1986
Country Japan
Branch Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Part of Southeastern Air Defense Force, 83rd Air Wing
Garrison/HQ Hyakuri Air Base
Aircraft flown
Fighter Lockheed F-104J/DJ

The 207th Tactical Fighter Squadron (第207飛行隊(dai-ni-hyaku-shichi-hikoutai)) was a squadron of the 7th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It was based at Naha Air Base, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was equipped with Lockheed F-104J/DJ aircraft. [1]

The 7th Air Wing is a wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. It comes under the authority of the Central Air Defense Force. It is based at Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air warfare branch of Japans armed forces

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, JASDF, also referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and for other aerospace operations. It is the de facto air force of Japan. The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan, while also maintaining a network of ground and air early-warning radar systems. The branch also has an aerobatic team known as Blue Impulse and has provided air transport in UN peacekeeping missions.

Naha Air Base Japan Self-Defense Forces air base at Naha Airport, Okinawa, Japan

Naha Air Base, formally known as the Kōkū Jieitai Naha Kichi (航空自衛隊那覇基地), is an air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force formerly under control of the United States Air Force. It is located at Naha Airport on the Oroku Peninsula in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

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History

The squadron was formed at half strength at Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture on March 1, 1966. After 18 months it had the required 18 aircraft and in August 1967 it began Quick Reaction Alert flights. These continued until September 1972. Following the return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese control in 1972, [2] the squadron relocated to Naha Air Base. In March 1986 it disbanded, the final F-104J unit to do so. [1]

Ibaraki Airport airport and Air Base

Ibaraki Airport is an airport in the city of Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It also serves as air base for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) under the name Hyakuri Air Base. It is the closest fighter base to Tokyo. The airport was known as Hyakuri Airfield prior to March 2010, when civil aviation operations began.

Ibaraki Prefecture Prefecture of Japan

Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region. The capital is Mito.

Quick Reaction Alert state of readiness in military aviation

Quick Reaction Alert, known colloquially as QRA, is state of readiness and modus operandi of air defence maintained at all hours of the day by NATO, mainly involving the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Aircraft operated

Fighter aircraft

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References

  1. 1 2 Thompson, Paul JASDF - Squadron Histories J-HangarSpace Retrieved October 2, 2017
  2. ↑ Reversion to Japan of the Ryukyu and Daito Islands, official text. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
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