Metabaru Air Field 目達原駐屯地 Metabaru Hikōjō | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | 
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force | ||||||||||
| Location | JGSDF Camp Metabaru, Japan | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 53 ft / 16 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°19′31″N 130°24′49″E / 33.32528°N 130.41361°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  RJDM Location in Japan | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Metabaru Air Field (目達原飛行場, Metabaru Hikōjō) ( ICAO: RJDM) is a military aerodrome of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). It is located at JGSDF Camp Metabaru (目達原駐屯地, Metabaru Chūtonchi), in Yoshinogari, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
On February 5, 2018 an AH-64D Apache of the JGSDF helicopter based at Metabaru crashed in nearby Kanzaki, Saga. Both crew members were killed in the crash, a local person was injured and a house was destroyed. [2] [3] [4] [5]
References
- ^ AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ "SDF helicopter crashes, goes up in flames in Saga residential area". Asahi Shimbun. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Japanese Apache helicopter crashes in residential area of Saga Prefecture". Japan Times. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "GSDF helicopter had main rotor replaced before crash". Japan Times. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Onodera mum on Osprey deployment plan in Saga after helicopter crash". Mainichi Shimbun. February 12, 2018. Archived from the original on February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
 | This article about a Japanese airport is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Saga Prefecture location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |