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

( Type inventory last updated January 2025 )

Combat

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

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

also

F-35 Lightning II A/B

Transport

BAe.125 Series 800 U-125

'39-3042' @ Iruma Air Base 2015

'49-3043' @ Iruma Air Base 2015

Boeing 777-300ER

81-1111 @ Stansted Airport 2022

Gulfstream IV U-4

'05-3255' @ Iruma Air Base 2015

'75-3251' @ Iruma Air Base 2015

Hawker 800 U-125A

search and rescue variant

'02-3015' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

Kawasaki C-2

Lockheed C-130H Hercules

'45-1074' - Iruma Air Base 2015

'75-1077' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

also

Cessna Citation Latitude

Tanker

Boeing KC-767J

87-3602 @ Avalon 2015

also

Boeing KC-46A Pegasus

Lockheed KC-130H Hercules

AWACS / Reconnaissance / Electronic Warfare

Boeing E-767

'74-3503' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

Grumman E-2C Hawkeye

'34-3460' - Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

68-1203 @ RIAT 2018

Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation YS-11 EB

NAMC YS-11 EB

EB = ELINT

'82-1155' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Trainer

Fuji T-7

'46-5922' @ Shizuhama Air Base 2015

'46-5922' @ 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

Rotary

Boeing CH-47J Chinook

licensed built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries

'67-4496' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Mitsubishi UH-60J

'08-4572' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Demonstration Team

BLUE IMPULSE

1960 to present

6 x Kawasaki T-4

Base: Matsushima Air Base

Recently retired

F-4 Phantom II F-4EJ Kai

Retired 17th March 2021

'07-8434' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015

'67-8391' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015

F-4 Phantom II RF-4E Kai

Retired 17th March 2021

'57-6914' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015

'57-6907' @ Hyakuri Air Base 2015

Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation YS-11

Retired 17th March 2021

NAMC YS-11 FC

FC = Flight Checker

'52-1151' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

NAMC YS-11 EA

EA = Electronic Warfare

'12-1163' - Iruma Air Base 2015

also

YS-11A

YS-11M

YS-11M-A

YS-11NT

YS-11P

YS-11T-A

Kawasaki C-1

Retired 14th March 2025

'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

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.

Maritime Patrol

Kawasaki P-1

5504 @ RIAT 2015

5507 @ RIAT 2015

Lockheed P-3C Orion

'5079' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

'5079' @ Atsugi Naval Base 2015

also

Lockheed EP-3 ELINT

Lockheed OP-3C

also

Learjet 35

Transport

Beechcraft King Air LC-90

'9303' - Atsugi Naval Base 2015

(in the heat haze!)

Lockheed C-130R Hercules

'9052' @ Atsugi Naval Base 2015

also

ShinMaywa US-2

Rotary

Mitsubishi SH-60J / K

'8286' @ Iruma Air Festival

also

AgustaWestland MCH-101

Airbus TH-135 (trainer)

Trainer

Fuji T-5

'6338' - Utsunomiya Air Field 2015

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

Enstrom TH-480B

'62379' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015

'62374' @ Utsunomiya Air Field 2015

Fuji Bell AH-1 Cobra

'73470' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

Fuji Bell UH-1J

'41897' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Fuji Boeing AH-64DJP Apache

'74508' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

Hughes OH-6 Cayuse

'31285' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Kawasaki OH-1

'32637' @ Iruma Air Festival 2015

Kawasaki Boeing CH-47J Chinook

'52927' @ Gifu Air Base 2015

Mitsubishi UH-60JA Black Hawk

'43117' @ Hamamatsu Air Fiesta 2015

also

Subaru-Bell UH-2 (Bell CH-146 Griffon / Bell 412)

Eurocopter EC 225LP (VIP)

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

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