Kasuga Air Base (春日基地, kasuga-kichi) is a base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.[1] The base serves as the headquarter of Western Air Defense Force (WADF), with its Area of Responsibility encompassing Kyushu, Shikoku and the Chūgoku region on the western part of the country.[2] A hotline connecting Kasuga Air Base and Daegu (Taegu) Air Base in South Korea is also established, through which communications between the two countries are carried out several dozen times a day.[3][4]
Kasuga Air Base | |
|---|---|
 Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan | |
 Kasuga Air Base, operating center of air defense over the western part of Japan | |
| Type | Air force base |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by |  Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1959 |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Commander, Western Aircraft Control and Warning Wing |
| Garrison | Western Air Defense Force (WADF) Kasuga Helicopter Airlift Squadron |
Tenant squadrons
editThe base lacks a runway or dedicated helicopter landing facilities, so flying units commanded from here are actually located at the nearby Fukuoka Airport.
References
edit- ^ 春日基地. mod.go.jp. Ministry of Defense, Japan. Retrieved October 31, 2017. (in Japanese)
- ^ 西部航空方面隊. Air Defense Command (ADC), JASDF. Archived from the original on September 4, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017. (in Japanese)
- ^ "Press Conference by the Defense Minister". Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in English)
- ^ 大臣会見概要. Ministry of Defense, Japan. December 10, 2013. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017. (in Japanese)