JMSDF Tateyama Air Base 館山航空基地 Tateyama Koku-kichi
IATA:none ICAO:RJTE
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Location	Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	34°59′15″N139°49′55″E / 34.98750°N 139.83194°E /34.98750; 139.83194
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RJTE Location in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 300 984 asphalt
Source: JapaneseAIP atAIS Japan[1]

JMSDF Tateyama Air Base (館山航空基地,Tateyama Kōkūkichi) (ICAO:RJTE) is a military aerodrome of theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is located outside the city ofTateyama inChiba Prefecture,Japan, at the southern tip of theBōsō Peninsula.It also has a shorter runway because the airbase is only used for helicopters and planes only fly to Kisarazu airfield which is the only base nearby

JMSDF Tateyama Air Base is currently the headquarters of the21st Fleet Air Squadron, with two squadrons equipped withMitsubishi SH-60J/Khelicopters optimized foranti-submarine warfare, and one flight of three Mitsubishi UH-60J helicopters which provideair ambulance services to theIzu Islands.

JMSDF Tateyama Air Base was initially founded in 1930 for theImperial Japanese Navy Air Service. It was part of theYokosuka Naval District, and home to theTateyama Naval Air Group, equipped withMitsubishi G3M bombers,Mitsubishi A5M fighters,Nakajima B5Ntorpedo bombers and theKyūshū Q1W anti-submarine patrol aircraft. The artillery school for theImperial Japanese Navy Land Forces was at Tateyama. Due to its location, it was regarded as a strategic site for the defense of the entrance toTokyo Bay, and was a base forkamikaze attack aircraft towards the end of thePacific War.

After thesurrender of Japan at the end ofWorld War II, the air field was occupied by theUnited States ArmyFirst Cavalry Division. It was returned to the Japanese government in 1953, and assigned to the JapaneseSafety Security Force, the immediate predecessor to the JMSDF. Tateyama was rebuilt into the largestheliport in Japan under theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), supporting rotary wing operations in other locations around Japan, includingHaneda airport,JMSDF Ōminato Air Base,JMSDF Maizuru Naval Air Base andIwo Jima. The JMSDF Fleet Air Wing 21 has been headquartered at Tateyama since 1961.

• Wertheim, Eric.Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft and Systems. Naval Institute Press. (2007).ISBN 1-59114-955-X

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