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Uni,Uni wrote:Some infos. for 2017.
<General>
1. Usually, the JASDF release their open house schedule at around 20th March every year.
2. Usually, the JGSDF release their open house schedule at early March, because they open their camps at the season of the cherry blossoms(early April).
3. Usually, the JMSDF release their open house schedule about 1-2 month before the event.
4. JASDF/JGSDF/JMSDF are "holiday" on Sat. and Sun. and the National holidays in Japan(Please check the holidays of this year).
There are no activities except routine maritime patrol, exercise, emergency and /or some special missions.
5. There are also No activities on these days;
1) The day of the local school examinations.
2) The day of the Flying Safety which is usually 1st. Jul..
3) The year-end and 1st week of the new year(usually, around 25 Dec to 6 Jan.)
4) "O-bon" period, usually around 12 Aug. to 16 Aug..
5) The next day of the airshow or the open house day, except the transportation flight.
6. There are quite less flight from the 3nd. week of March to the The 1st. week of April(around 15 March to 3-4 April).
The end of March marks the end of the financial year in Japan. They used up their budget for the year, and maybe busy to write up /finish their paper-works. They are also busy for the first few days of April, because new finacial year starts 1 Apr. in Japan
This means a lot of "old" organaization close on 31 Mar. and establish "new" organization on 1 Apr.. There are a lot of personnel movements, and relative ceremonies at this season.
7. Please check the NOTAM at this site before you visit to the airbase;
https://aisjapan.mlit.go.jp/Login.do
You' ll be able to get the time schedule of the mass flight, para-drop, and aerobatic
flights etc., for the airshow training.
8. Step ladder regulations
Almost all the JASDF bases have made regulations for the step ladders at the airshow.
They are different from each airbases and changing year by year.
1) You CAN NOT bring it into the base : Iruma and Tsuiki.
2) You can bring it into the base, but prohibit to use during the airshow(especially B.I. show); Chiose, Hyakuri, Komatsu and Hamamamtsu.(Komatsu makes "Step ladder area" during the show)
3) You can bring it into the base, but requested minimum use; Other JASDF base, JMSDF air base and JGSDF air fields.
<JASDF>
1. One fighter squadron usually has 3 training periods in one day from 0800am to 1700pm.
And they sometimes has "Night" training at the 4th period(1700pm or later).
2. There are about 48 F-4EJ kais at 301sqn.(Hyakuri), 302sqn.(Hyakuri) and ADTW(Gifu).
6 original F-4EJs are also flying at Gifu(TPC use).
You can see them at least FY2020-end(March of the 2021, source: MINDEF purchase program 2015)
3. There are 8 RF-4Es and 5 RF-4EJs at 501sqn.(Hyakuri).
The 501sqn. will change to a fighter sqn. by FY2020(-end).
Three RF-4Es(901,905 and 913) are now painted in blue.(901 is now at MHI/komaki for IRAN)
You can see them at least FY2020-end(March of the 2021, source: MINDEF purchase program 2015)
4. 6 or 7 F-2Bs which were washed by the Tsunami on 11 Mar. 2011 are repaired and fly again.
They repair 13 F-2Bs totally, so 6 or 7 F-2Bs are now under repairing at MHI Komaki.
5. There are two XC-2s and two C-2 at Gifu.
08-1201 had replaced its fuselage(main body), because its strength is weaker than they planned.
08-1202 is replacing its fuselage and will modify to the ELINT version.
68-1203 and 68-1204 are now at Gifu, but will go to Miho by March 2017.
Further 4 more C-2s will deliver to the JASDF on FY2017.
(This program was prolonged two years since their original announcement)
6. No infos. for the "Senkyo(*)" by now.
* Senkyo : Shortend term of the "Sengi-Kyougikai" in Japanese, meaning "The ACM meet in JASDF".
7. 3rd. sqn. will change its home-base to Hyakuri in 2020.
8. TRDI's X-2(51-0001, former ATD-X(Advanced Technology Demonstrator)) is now at Gifu A.B..
It will fly 50 times in FY2017.
9. Kawasaki C-1s
Retired: 38-1003(16 Mar. 2016), 48-1005(04 Apr. 2012), 68-1016(28 May. 2014), 68-1017(27 Jan. 2015)
and 78-1022(11 May. 2015).
Crashed: 58-1009(19 Apr. 1983), 58-1010(18 Feb. 1986), 68-1015(19 Apr. 1983) and 88-1027(28 Jun.2000)
Modified: 8-1001(FTB), 8-1021(EC-1)
9. T-4 46-5725 of the 11sqn.(Blue Impulse) was retired on 7 Dec., 2016.
10. 2 YS-11s(52-1152 and 02-1158) remain at the 403sqn., Miho A.B..
Some sources say they will be retired by May 2017.
(1153 reitred on Mar., 2015 and 1156 retired on 16 Oct., 2015)
11. Two U-125A(027 and 028) are painted in dark blue and flying at Komatsu.
<JMSDF>
1. Five "second-hand" C-130Rs for 61FS(9051-9055) can be seen at JMSDF Atsugi.
2. Kawasaki P-1s ;
5501 was modified to UP-1(Flying test bed) .
5502 was modified to the production type.
5511 made F/F on 15 Nov. 2016.
Delivery schedules are as follows;
FY2016(by Mar. 2017) No new P-1s
FY2017(by Mar. 2018) 5513 and 5514.
FY2018(by Mar. 2019) 5515, 5516 and 5517.
Some P-1s are now belong to the VP-3, JMSDF Atsugi.
3. One US-1A(9090) are still in action.
9090 will fly by March 2018 at least.
4. EP-3s and UP-3Ds will change their home base from Iwakuni to Atsugi in this summer.
5. UH-60Js of the JMSDF will be disband in near future.
The SDF will undertake organizational reform that integrate ground-based aerial search and rescue functions into the ASDF, which are currently performed by both the MSDF and ASDF. (Medium Term Defense Program (FY2014-FY2018))
6. MH-53E will be retired from JMSDF by March end. 8625 and 8631 are still in active(at the end of 2016).
<JGSDF>
1. JGSDF will purchase some V-22 Osplays in the near future.
<USN in Japan>
1. The CVW-5 usually leave Atsugi for its six month cruise in mid May and return late November.
2. They will change their home base from Atsugi to Iwakuni. The schedules will be;
E-2C sqn.,(VAW-115) will go to USA.
2 VFA sqn. will move on Nov..
C-2 and EA-18G will move on Jan., 2018.
2 VFA will move on May., 2018.
3. E-2D sqn. of VAW-125 arrived at MCAS Iwakuni on 2 Feb., 2017.
<USMC in Japan>
1. F-35Bs of VMFA-121 arrived at MCAS Iwakuni on 18 Jan., 2017.
2. Fuji Heavy Industry started their maintenance service for MV-22s at Kisarazu (JGSDF Kisarazu) .
The 1st. MV-22 came on 31 Jan. and was hanger-in on 1 Feb., 2017.
That's all today.
Uni
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