Flight Check Squadron (飛行点検隊, hikoutenkentai) is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo. Under the authority of Air Support Command,[1] it operates YS-11FC and U-125 aircraft.[2] Prior to the U-125 the unit operated Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft.[3]
| Flight Check Squadron | |
|---|---|
| 飛行点検隊 | |
_fly_over_at_JMSDF_Tokushima_Air_Base_September_30,_2017_01.jpg){kind=spacer} Flight Check Squadron U-125(2017) | |
| Active | October 1, 1958 |
| Country | Japan |
| Allegiance | Air Support Command |
| Branch | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
| Garrison/HQ | Iruma Air Base |
| Aircraft flown | |
| YS-11FC, U-125 | |
On April 6 2016 a U-125 aircraft operated by the unit crashed near Kanoya Air Base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Kagoshima Prefecture, with all six crew members being killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system.[4][5][6][7]
In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three Cessna Citation Latitude 680A aircraft.[8]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flight Check Squadron (JASDF).
- ^ "JASDF Primary Air Unit Order of Battle". J-HangarSpace. January 1, 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
- ^ Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 22, 2017 (in Japanese)
- ^ JASDF's other fixed-wing aircraft Retrieved January 22, 2016
- ^ 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
- ^ Thompson, Paul JASDF Aircraft Profiles J-HangarSpace Retrieved January 22, 2016
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editUnit homepage (in Japanese)