Kanoya Air Field 鹿屋飛行場 Kanoya Hikōjō | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||||||
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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kanoya, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 214 ft / 65 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°22′05″N 130°50′17″E / 31.36806°N 130.83806°E | ||||||||||||||
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Kanoya Air Field (鹿屋飛行場, Kanoya Hikōjō) ( ICAO: RJFY) is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base (鹿屋航空基地, Kanoya Kōkū-Kichi). It is located 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest [1] of the city of Kanoya in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Runway 08R/26L is equipped with ILS.
On April 6, 2016 a U-125 airplane operated by the Flight Check Squadron of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force crashed near the base, and all six crew members were killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system. [2] [3] [4] [5]
After some years of discussion [6] it was announced in July 2018 that the base would be used by the US military. United States Marine Corps KC-130 aerial tankers will use the base. [7]
The Kanoya Air Base Museum is located at the base.
References
- ^ a b AIS Japan Archived 2016-05-17 at the Portuguese Web Archive
- ^ ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
- ^ Yoshida, Reiji Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
- ^ Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017
- ^ ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base Aviation Safety Network Retrieved January 23, 2017
- ^ "U.S. KC-130 relocation mulled". Japan Times. March 3, 2006. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ 日米合同委員会合意事案概要 (PDF) (in Japanese). July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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