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Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō) (IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean , and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which ...
Upon completion, the squadron again changed homeport to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan. VFA-102 deployed to the Pacific Ocean aboard USS Kitty Hawk in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, taking part in several military exercises, including Orange Crush, Talisman Saber, Jasex, and Valiant Shield.
In the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Fleet Air Force (Japanese: 航空集団, romanized: kōkū shūdan) is its naval aviation branch, responsible for both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft [1] [2] and headquartered in Naval Air Facility Atsugi. [3] As of 2012, it was equipped with over 200 fixed-wing aircraft and 150 helicopters.
FRC WESTPAC’s approximately 200 personnel located at NAF Atsugi, MCAS Iwakuni, Busan Korea, and MCAS Futenma Okinawa continue to provide essential aviation depot services to fleet units ashore and afloat from the Northern Pacific westward to the Eastern United States.
Atsugi Naval Air Base - now Naval Air Facility Atsugi operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy; Kure Naval Base - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base
Air Transport Squadron 61 (第61航空隊, dairokujuuichikoukuutai) (also referred to as VC-61 or Fleet Air Squadron 61) is a unit in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. It is a part of the Fleet Air Force and is based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa prefecture. [1] [2] It operates LC-90 and Lockheed C-130R Hercules aircraft.
In August 1991, USS Independence become home based at Yokosuka, Japan, to replace USS Midway. VF-154 stayed with the carrier for this, but moved from CVW-14 to Carrier Air Wing 5 and from NAS Miramar to NAF Atsugi, thus becoming the first forward deployed F-14 squadron. At the same time as joining CVW-5 VF-154 became the first F-14 squadron to ...
On 23 August 1992, Operation Southern Watch began as CVW-5 was the first US Navy unit to take part. On 11 October 1992, VFA-195 returned back to Atsugi, with one of their F/A-18C's (NF-403) being painted with a special white eagle on the tail. In February 1993, VFA-195 took part in Exercise Team Spirit '93 with South Korea while in the Sea of ...