JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base 八戸航空基地 Hachinohe Koku-kichi | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Hachinohe, Japan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 152 ft / 46 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°33′07″N141°28′02″E / 40.55194°N 141.46722°E /40.55194; 141.46722 | ||||||||||
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| Source: JapaneseAIP atAIS Japan[1] | |||||||||||
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base (八戸航空基地,Hachinohe Kōkūkichi) (ICAO:RJSH) is a military aerodrome of theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is located 3.0 NM (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest[1] ofHachinohe inAomori Prefecture, in northernHonshū,Japan.
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is currently the headquarters of Fleet Air Wing 2'sAir Patrol Squadron 2. which is equipped withKawasaki-LockheedP-3C Orionmaritime patrol aircraft, and which is responsible for patrols of the seaward approaches to northern Japan. Aircraft are regularly dispatched toforward airfields inHokkaidō, and in wintertime, conduct patrols ofdrift ice in theSea of Okhotsk.
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is adjacent toJGSDF Camp Hachinohe, and is also in close geographic proximity toMisawa Air Base housingJapan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) andUnited States Air Force units. JMSDF Hachinohe is also the home base for the JMSDF Mobile Construction Group, the Japanese Self-Defense Force's equivalent to the AmericanSeabees.
JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base was initially founded as a training field for theImperial Japanese Army Air Force in 1941.[citation needed] On thesurrender of Japan at the end ofWorld War II, the air field was occupied by theUnited States Army. Between 1945 and 1950, it continued in operation by the United States Army under the nameCamp Haugen.[2][3]
With the start of theKorean War in 1950, the base was turned over to the JapaneseCoastal Safety Force, the immediate predecessor to the JMSDF. With the final withdrawal of American forces from Hachinohe in 1956, the base was officially designated JGSDF Camp Hachinohe.
TheJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) established a presence from 1957, and the JMSDF Hachinohe Air Wing was renamed Fleet Air Wing Two in 1961. The wing was initially equipped withLockheedP-2 Neptune, later transitioning toKawasaki P-2J Neptune aircraft.
In 1963, American authorities banned civilian air traffic toMisawa Air Base, citing safety and security reasons, and commercial air operations were transferred to Hachinohe. In 1963,Air Patrol Squadron 2 was established and reequipped with P-2J Neptune aircraft in 1971. The squadron transitioned to the P-3C Orion in 1985. With the re-opening ofMisawa Airport in 1975, commercial operations were transferred back to Misawa. In an administrative reorganization in 2008,UH-60J helicopter operations were transferred toJMSDF Ōminato Air Station.
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