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Yokota Air Base (横田飛行場, Yokota Hikōjō), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo. It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa. [2] The base houses 14,000 personnel.
Thunderbird Field was a military airfield in Glendale, Arizona, used for contract primary flight training of Allied pilots during World War II.Created in part by actor James Stewart, [1] the field became part of the United States Army Air Forces training establishment just prior to American entry into the war and was re-designated Thunderbird Field #1 after establishment of Thunderbird Field#2 ...
Fussa (福生市, Fussa-shi) is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 April 2021, the city had an estimated population of 56,786, and a population density of 5600 persons per km². [1] The total area of the city is 10.16 square kilometres (3.92 sq mi).
I was stationed at Yokota Air Base in the mid 1950's. Fussa is not part of Tokyo. When I was there it was quite smallMain source of reveue was related to the Air Force people on the base. It was a very, very high security base. It cintained my squadron, 56TH Strategic Reconnaisaance, as well as the 98th Bomb Wing, and a squadron of F-86 fighters.
The United States Forces Japan (USFJ) (Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. [1]
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Most of the old building has been torn down to make way for a soccer field and open land that will be given back to the Air Force. The new building is a 21st-century school and is the second 21st-century school in DoDEA. Each classroom has movable glass walls that are built to reflect the new method of learning which values collaboration. [8]
The Far East Air Force, U.S. Air Force, announced on 6 January 1955, that 85 aircraft would be turned over to the fledgling Japanese air force on about 15 January, the first equipment of the new force. [8] The JASDF Air Defense Command (Japan) Headquarters was relocated from Fuchu Air Base to Yokota Air Base on March 26, 2012. The relocation is ...