Air Services
Japan
Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
Formed in 1954, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Boeing KC-767J
87-3602 @ Avalon 2015
87-3602 @ Avalon 2015
Mitsubishi F-15J Eagle
(built under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
'52-8849' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'32-8824' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015
Mitsubishi F-15DJ Eagle
(built under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Trainer version)
'12-8078' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
'12-8078' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
Mitsubishi F-2A Viper Zero
(built under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
'63-8502' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
'63-8538' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
Mitsubishi F-2B Viper Zero
(built under license by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Trainer version)
'63-8101' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
'63-8101' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
F-4 Phantom II F-4EJ Kai
'07-8434' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015
'67-8391' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015
F-4 Phantom II RF-4E Kai
'57-6914' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015
'57-6907' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015
Boeing E-767
'74-3503' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'74-3503' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
'34-3460' - Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Kawasaki C-1
'78-1023' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'18-1031' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'98-1029', '78-1023' & '68-1020' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'08-1030' - Iruma Air Festival 2015
Kawasaki C-2
68-1203 @ RIAT 2018
Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation YS-11
NAMC YS-11 FC
FC = Flight Checker
'52-1151' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'52-1151' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
NAMC YS-11 EA
EA = Electronic Warfare
'12-1163' - Iruma Air Base 2015
NAMC YS-11 EB
EB = ELINT
'82-1155' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'82-1155' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
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NAMC YS-11P/NT
P=Passenger/VIP Transport; NT=Navigation Trainer
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
'45-1074' - Iruma Air Base 2015
'45-1074' - Iruma Air Base 2015
'75-1077' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'75-1077' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
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Lockheed KC-130H Hercules
Tanker
Boeing 777-300ER
81-1111 @ Stansted Airport 2022
Gulfstream IV U-4
'05-3255' @ Iruma Air Base 2015
'75-3251' @ Iruma Air Base 2015
BAe.125 Series 800 U-125
'39-3042' @ Iruma Air Base 2015
'49-3043' @ Iruma Air Base 2015
Hawker 800 U-125A
search and rescue variant
'02-3015' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'02-3015' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Kawasaki T-4
'06-5651' @ Gifu Air Base
'86-5605' @ Gifu Air Base
Raytheon Hawker T-400
'21-5062' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'41-5055' @ Iruma Air Base 2015
Fuji T-7
'46-5922' @ Shizuhama Air Base 2015
'46-5922' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Boeing CH-47J Chinook
licensed built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries
'67-4496' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'67-4496' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
Mitsubishi UH-60J
'08-4572' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'08-4572' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
DEMONSTRATION TEAM
BLUE IMPULSE
1960 to present
6 x Kawasaki T-4
Base: Matsushima Air Base
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)
Formed in 1954, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is the naval branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Kawasaki P-1
5504 @ RIAT 2015
5504 @ RIAT 2015
5504 @ RIAT 2015
5504 @ RIAT 2015
5504 @ RIAT 2015
5507 @ RIAT 2015
Lockheed P-3C Orion
'5079' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'5079' @ Atsugi Naval Base 2015
C-130R Hercules
'9052' @ Atsugi Naval Base 2015
'9052' @ Atsugi Naval Base 2015
Mitsubishi SH-60J
'8286' @ Iruma Air Festival
'8286' @ Iruma Air Festival
Beechcraft King Air LC-90
'9303' - Atsugi Naval Base 2015
(in the heat haze!)
Fuji T-5
'6338' - Utsunomiya Air Field 2015
ShinMaywa US-1A
'9078' @ preserved @ Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum 2015
'9078' @ preserved @ Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum 2015
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Learjet 35, NAMC YS-11, ShinMaywa US-2
AgustaWestland AW101, CH-53E Super Stallion, Eurocopter EC 135, MD Helicopters MD 500
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF)
Formed in 1954, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is responsible for land-based military operations and is the largest branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces.
Beechcraft Super King Air LR-2
'23056' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015
'23056' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015
Enstrom TH-480B
'62379' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015
'62374' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015
Fuji Bell AH-1 Cobra
'73470' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'73470' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Fuji Bell UH-1J
'41897' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'41897' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
Fuji Boeing AH-64DJP Apache
'74508' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'74508' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse
'31285' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'31285' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
Kawasaki OH-1
'32637' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
'32637' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015
Kawasaki Boeing CH-47J Chinook
'52927' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
'52927' @ Gifu Air Base 2015
Mitsubishi UH-60JA Black Hawk
'43117' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
'43117' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015
also
Mitsubishi MU-2
Eurocopter EC 225
Japan Coast Guard / Kaijō Hoan-chō
Founded in 1948, the Japan Coast Guard (formerly the Maritime Safety Agency) is the coast guard responsible for the protection of the coastline of Japan under the control of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
Airbus Helicopters H225 / EC225LP Super Puma
MH691 @ Hyakuri 2015
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