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The facility which houses Yokota Air Base was originally constructed by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in 1940 as Tama Airfield, and used as a flight test center. During World War II Yokota became the center of Japanese Army Air Forces flight test activities and the base was the site of the first meeting between Japanese and Italian wartime allies.
Misawa Air Base: Air Base: Misawa, Aomori: FAC 3013: Yokota Air Base: Fussa, Tokyo FAC 3016: Fuchu Communications Station: Communications: Fuchu, Tokyo FAC 3019: Tama Service Annex (Tama Hills Recreation Center) Recreation: Inagi, Tokyo FAC 3048: Camp Asaka (South Camp Drake AFN Transmitter Site) Barracks (Broadcasting) Wako, Saitama: FAC 3049 ...
It is stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The unit's World War II predecessor unit, the 374th Troop Carrier Group operated primarily in the Southwest Pacific Theater, being formed in Australia in 1942 using resources from the Air Carrier Service (formerly Air Transport Command).
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The 1951 Sunagawa United Air Force B-29 Superfortress crash occurred on November 18, 1951, when a B-29 bomber from Yokota Air Base crashed during takeoff in Sunagawa, Hokkaido, Tokyo. The aircraft, carrying bombs, exploded upon impact, causing a fire that destroyed over 100 buildings and killed 15 people, including 10 firefighters.
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The Air Force has officially declared all eight airmen who were aboard the CV-22 Osprey that crashed last week off the coast of Yakushima Island, Japan, deceased, as they transition from search ...
Staff Sergeant Sam Jones was the paper's first editor. The name change reflected the merger of the former Tachikawa Air Base paper Kanto Plainsman with The Afterburner. Through Dec 1997 Fuji Flyer was a black and white command-sponsored Air Force publication that contained no advertisements and ranged from 8 to 12 pages per issue. In January ...