Kasuga Air Base, operating center of air defense over the western part of Japan.
Kasuga Air Base (春日基地 kasuga-kichi) is a base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] The base serves as the headquarter of Western Air Defense Force (WADF), with its Area of Responsibility encompassing Kyushu, Shikoku and the Chūgoku region on the western part of the country.[2] A hotline connecting Kasuga Air Base and Daegu (Taegu) Air Base in South Korea is also established, through which communications between the two countries are carried out several dozen times a day.[3][4]
Tenant squadrons[]
The base lacks a runway or dedicated helicopter landing facilities, so flying units commanded from here are actually located at the nearby Fukuoka Airport.
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|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". Ministry of Defense, Japan. http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/kasuga/. (Japanese) - ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". Air Defense Command (ADC), JASDF. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. https://archive.is/20170904050225/http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/adc/butaisyoukai/003western/butaisyoukaiwestern.html. Retrieved September 4, 2017. (Japanese) - ↑ "Press Conference by the Defense Minister". Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. https://archive.is/20170903143004/http://www.mod.go.jp/e/press/conference/2013/12/10.html. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (English)
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|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. https://archive.is/20170903144804/http://www.mod.go.jp/j/press/kisha/2013/12/10.html. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (Japanese)
Coordinates: 33°31′53″N 130°28′00″E / 33.53139°N 130.4666667°E
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