The organization of JASDF

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Today, I would like to introduce the organization of JASDF.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force  or  JASDF,  is the branch of the JSDF.They are responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations.

<sup>Major units of the JASDF are the Air Defense Command, Air Support Command, Air Training Command, Air Development and Test Command, and Air Materiel Command.

 The Air Support Command; responsible for direct support of operational forces in  rescue, transportation, control, weather monitoring and inspection.
The Air Training Command; responsible for basic flying and technical training.
The Air Development and Test Command; in addition to overseeing equipment research and development, is also responsible for research and development in such areas as flight medicine.
The Air Defense Command has northern, central, and western regional headquarters located at Misawa, Iruma, and Kasuga, respectively and the Southwestern Composite Air Division based at Naha on Okinawa. All four regional headquarters control surface-to-air missile units of both the JASDF and the JGSDF located in their respective areas.

Prime Minister of Japan
+++Minister of Defense ++++
JASDF Chief of Staff / Air Staff Office
Air Defense Command: Fuchu, Tokyo
Northern Air Defense Force: Misawa, Aomori
                     (the base name/ their equipments)
2nd Air Wing (Chitose Air Base: 201SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4; 203SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4)
3rd Air Wing (Misawa Air Base: 3SQ, F-2A/B T-4; 8SQ, F-2A/B, T-4)
Northern Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
3rd Air Defense Missile Group
6th Air Defense Missile Group

++++Central Air Defense Force: Iruma, Saitama++++
6th Air Wing (Komatsu Air Base: 303SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4; 306SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4)
7th Air Wing (Hyakuri Air Base: 302SQ, F-4EJ-Kai, T-4; 305SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4)
Middle Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
1st Air Defense Missile Group
4th Air Defense Missile Group
Iwo Jima Air Base Group

+++Western Air Defense Force: Kasuga, Fukuoka+++
5th Air Wing (Nyutabaru Air Base: 301SQ, F-4EJ-Kai, T-4)
8th Air Wing (Tsuiki Air Base: 304SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4; 6SQ, F-2A/B, T-4)
Western Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
2nd Air Defense Missile Group

+++Southwestern Composite Air Division: Naha, Okinawa+++
83d Air Wing (Naha Air Base: 204SQ, F-15J/DJ, T-4)
Southwestern Aircraft Control & Warning Group
5th Air Defense Missile Group
Airborne Early Warning Group: Misawa Air Base(E-2C), Hamamatsu Air Base(E-767)
Tactical Reconnaissance Group: Hyakuri Air Base(RF-4E, RF-4EJ)
Tactical Fighter Training Group: Nyutabaru Air Base(F-15DJ/J, T-4)
Air Defense Missile Training Group: Hamamatsu, Chitose
Air Defense Command Headquarters Flight Group (Iruma Air Base: U-4, YS-11EA,YS-11EB, T-4, EC-1)

+++Air Support Command: Fuchu, Tokyo+++
Air Rescue Wing (UH-60J, U-125A, CH-47J, KV-107)
1st Tactical Airlift Wing (Komaki Air Base: 401SQ, C-130H; 404SQ, KC-767J)
2nd Tactical Airlift Wing (Iruma Air Base: 402SQ, C-1, U-4)
3rd Tactical Airlift Wing (Miho Air Base: 403SQ, C-1,YS-11NT/P; 41SQ, T-400)
Air Traffic Control Service Group
Air Weather Service Group
Flight Check Squadron (Iruma Air Base: U-125,YS-11FC)
Special Airlift Group (Chitose Air Base: B747-400)

+++Air Training Command: Hamamatsu, Shizuoka+++
1st Air Wing (Hamamatsu Air Base: 31SQ, T-4; 32SQ, T-4)
4th Air Wing (Matsushima Air Base: 21SQ, F-2B; 11SQ, T-4 Blue Impulse)
11th Flying Training Wing (Shizuhama Air Base: 1SQ, T-7; 2SQ, T-7)
12th Flying Training Wing (Hofu kita Air Base: 1SQ, T-7; 2SQ, T-7)
13th Flying Training Wing (Ashiya Air Base: 1SQ, T-4; 2SQ, T-4)
Air Basic Training Wing
Flying Training Squadron (Nyutabaru Air Base: F-15DJ/J,T-4)
Air Training Aids Group
Air Officer Candidate School
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th Technical School

+++Air Development and Test Command: Iruma Air Base, Saitama+++
Air Development and Test Wing (Gifu Air Base: F-15J/DJ, F-2A/B, C-1FTB, F-4EJ, F-4EJ-kai, T-7, T-4)
Electronics Development and Test Group
Aeromedical Laboratory

+++Air Material Command: Jujou, Tokyo+++
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Air Depot
Air Staff College
Air Communications and Systems Wing
Aerosafety Service Group
Central Air Base Group</sup>

About JSDF

I would like to introduce JSDF before I write about JASDF.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces,or JSDF, are the unified military forces of Japan.
They were established after the end of the post–World War II Allied occupation of Japan.

After World War II , Japan had only occupation forces and a minor domestic police force on which to rely for security. As Cold War tensions rised in Europe and Asia, Japan need stronger security. Encouraged by the American occupation authorities, the Japanese government in July 1950 authorized the establishment of a National Police Reserve, consisting of 75,000 men equipped with light infantry weapons.

As Japan perceived a growing external threat without adequate forces to counter it, the National Safety Forces underwent further development that entailed difficult political problems.  In 1954, separate land, sea, and air forces for purely defensive purposes were created, subject to the command of the Prime Minister.

To avoid the appearance of a revival of militarism, Japan's leaders emphasized constitutional guarantees of civilian control of the government and armed forces and used nonmilitary terms for the organization and functions of the forces. At first, tanks were called "special vehicles". The forces' administrative department was granted only an agency status, rather than a full-fledged ministry status. The armed forces were designated the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), and the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF), instead of the army, navy, and air force. In theory, these are not armed forces, but merely extensions of the Police Force.

Next time, I would like to write about the organization of JASDF.

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