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Military unit
Flight Check Squadron (飛行点検隊, hikoutenkentai) is a unit of the
Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at
Iruma Air Base in
Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo. Under the authority of
Air Support Command,
[1] it operates
YS-11FC and
U-125 aircraft.
[2] Prior to the U-125 the unit operated
Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft.
[3]
On April 6 2016 a U-125 aircraft operated by the unit crashed near
Kanoya Air Base of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in
Kagoshima Prefecture, with all six crew members being killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system.
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In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three
Cessna Citation Latitude 680A aircraft.
[8]
Gallery
- Aircraft
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Squadron insignia on
U-125 (2016)
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YS-11FC and
U-125 of the Flight Check Squadron (2011)
References
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^ Thompson, Paul
JASDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved February 15, 2017
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Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation
Archived 2014-10-09 at the
Wayback Machine Retrieved January 22, 2017 (in Japanese)
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JASDF's other fixed-wing aircraft Retrieved January 22, 2016
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ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016
Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
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^ Yoshida, Reiji
Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016
Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
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Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016
Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
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ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base
Aviation Safety Network Retrieved January 23, 2017
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^ Thompson, Paul
JASDF Aircraft Profiles J-HangarSpace Retrieved January 22, 2016
External links
Unit homepage (in Japanese)
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