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Kanoya Air Field

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190: 50: 106: 197: 1578: 1712: 1659: 1602: 1594: 1627: 1641: 1610: 1586: 435:, the predecessor to the Japan Self-Defense Force, established a garrison at Kanoya.The base was initially shared by ground and naval forces, but on November 21, 1955 the entire base came under the control of the JapanMaritime Self-Defense Force. It hosted the 1st Air Group, Kanoya Educational Aviation Group, and Kanoya Aircraft Workshop. 536: 1778: 189: 413:, Kanoya Air Group was considered the most highly trained medium bomber unit in torpedo attacks and fought in most battles through the end of the war. After the 1749: 1696: 644: 519: 1773: 147: 1567: 679: 290: 1793: 501: 330: 111: 571: 1742: 1689: 1341: 1004: 294: 1788: 637: 1613: 709: 694: 450:
crashed near the base, and all six crew members were killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system.
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After some years of discussion it was announced in July 2018 that the base would be used by the US military.
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Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016
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operations. Following the end of the war, Kanoya was under control of the United States
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Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016
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from August 1937. In September 1941, was re-equipped with the new Type 1
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ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base
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ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016
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was formed on 1 April 1936 and was the oldest medium bomber (
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Runway 08R/26L is equipped with 25: 331:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 329:) is a military aerodrome of the 112:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 1774:Airports in Kagoshima Prefecture 1710: 1657: 1639: 1625: 1608: 1600: 1592: 1584: 1577: 1576: 409:medium bombers. At the start of 195: 188: 104: 48: 572:"U.S. KC-130 relocation mulled" 98: 1: 607:(in Japanese). July 20, 2018 448:Japan Air Self-Defense Force 196: 345: 315: 1810: 1705: 1652: 561:Retrieved January 23, 2017 544:Retrieved January 22, 2017 527:Retrieved January 22, 2017 509:Retrieved January 22, 2017 455:United States Marine Corps 1794:Kagoshima geography stubs 1574: 660: 442:airplane operated by the 353:. 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Kanoya Air Base

IATA
ICAO
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Kanoya
AMSL
Coordinates
31°22′05″N 130°50′17″E / 31.36806°N 130.83806°E / 31.36806; 130.83806
RJFY is located in Japan
Runways
Direction
Concrete
Concrete
AIP
AIS Japan
ICAO
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
NM
Kanoya
Kagoshima Prefecture
Japan
ILS
Kanoya Air Group
Imperial Japanese Navy
Kisarazu Air Group
Mitsubishi G3M
Second Sino-Japanese War
Mitsubishi G4M
Pacific War

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