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"Japanese Air Force" redirects here. For other uses, see Japanese Air Force (توضيح).
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
  • 航空自衛隊
  • Kōkū Jieitai
JASDF emblem.svg
Emblem of the Air Self-Defense Force
تأسست1 يوليو 1954; منذ 70 سنة (1954-07-01[1]
البلد اليابان
النوعAir force
الدور
الحجم
  • 50,000 personnel (2023)[1]
  • 745 aircraft
جزء منJapan Self-Defense Forces
HeadquartersIchigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo
الشعار اللفظي"Key to Defense, Ready Anytime!"
الموقع الإلكترونيwww.mod.go.jp/asdf/ Edit this at Wikidata
القادة
Commander-in-ChiefPrime Minister Fumio Kishida
Minister of DefenseYasukazu Hamada
Chief of the Joint StaffGeneral Kōji Yamazaki
Chief of the Air StaffGeneral Shunji Izutsu
الشارات
RoundelRoundel of Japan.svg Roundel of Japan – Low Visibility.svg
FlagFlag of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.svg
الطائرات التابعة
الحرب
الإلكترونية		E-767, EC-1, E-2C/D, YS-11EA/EB
مقاتلةF-15J/DJ, F-2A/B, F-35A/B
مروحيةUH-60J, CH-47J (LR)
طائرة تدريبT-3, T-7, T-400, T-4
طائرة شحنC-1, C-2, C-130H, Hawker 800, Gulfstream IV, Boeing 777
إمداد بالوقود جواًKC-767, KC-130

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (航空自衛隊, Kōkū Jieitai), JASDF (空自, Kūji), also informally referred to as the Japanese Air Force,[2] is the air and space branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace, other air and space operations, cyberwarfare and electronic warfare.[3] The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan, while also maintaining a network of ground and air early-warning radar systems. The branch also has an aerobatic team known as Blue Impulse and has provided air transport in UN peacekeeping missions.

The JASDF had an estimated 49,913 personnel as of 2018, and as of 2020 operates about 740 aircraft, approximately 330 of them being fighter aircraft.[4]

As of 2020, the JASDF is under increasing pressure to intercept warplanes from China's People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) close to entering its air space. As of the last fiscal year ending in March 2020, the JASDF scrambled a record 947 times alone against PLAAF warplanes, putting heavy wear and tear on the F-15J.[5] As of 2021, due to wear and tear on the JASDF F-15J, the JASDF no longer intercepts the majority of PLAAF warplanes and has deployed its F-35 fighter jets to supplement the F-15J fighter jets for interception duty.[6][7]

The service will be renamed in 2023 to the Japan Air and Space Self-Defense Force (航空宇宙自衛隊, Kōkū Uchū Jieitai), in recognition of the increasing importance of the space domain.[8]

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History

انظر أيضاً: Military history of Japan
A JASDF Lockheed T-33 trainer

Japan did not have a separate air force before and during World War II. Aviation operations were carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (Kōkūtai). Following defeat in World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy (including their respective Air Services) were disbanded in 1945.[بحاجة لمصدر]

Under the supervision of the United States occupation authorities, a pacifist Japanese government was appointed in place of the militaristic governments that administered the Empire of Japan during the war.[بحاجة لمصدر] The new government drafted a postwar constitution. While the primary intent of this endeavor was to place the country's political structure on a firmly democratic footing, the constitution endorsed by the United States and ratified by the Diet of Japan in 1947 also contained Article 9 which strictly prohibited Japan from having a regular military.[بحاجة لمصدر]

The U.S. occupation formally ended in 1952, although large American garrison remained in Japan to defend the country. The victory of the Chinese Communist Party in the Chinese Civil War and the onset of the Korean War led the Americans to reconsider what role the Japanese could be expected to play in, at the very least, defending their own home islands against growing Chinese, Soviet and North Korean power in the region. Under U.S. guidance, on 1 July 1954 the National Security Board was reorganized as the Defense Agency, and the National Security Force was reorganized afterwards as the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Army), the Coastal Safety Force was reorganized as the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Navy) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Air Force) was established as a new branch of JSDF. General Keizō Hayashi was appointed as the first Chairman of Joint Staff Council—professional head of the three branches. The enabling legislation for this was the 1954 Self-Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of 1954).[9][10]

The Far East Air Force, U.S. Air Force, announced on 6 January 1955, that 85 aircraft would be turned over to the fledgling Japanese air force on about 15 January, the first equipment of the new force.[11]

The JASDF Air Defense Command Headquarters was relocated from Fuchu Air Base to Yokota Air Base on March 26, 2012. The relocation is due to the 2002 Defense Policy Review Initiative. The purpose is to strengthen the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The ADC Headquarters does command and control operations to defend Japanese airspace.[بحاجة لمصدر]

Until 2015, women were banned from becoming fighter jet and reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The first female pilot of an F-15 joined the ranks, along with three other female pilots currently in training, in 2018.[12]

Since 2008, the number of scrambles to intercept Chinese aircraft has increased rapidly. In 2010 there were scrambles against 31 Chinese aircraft and 193 Russian aircraft. In 2018 scrambles increased to against 638 Chinese aircraft and 343 Russian aircraft. Chinese aircraft flight paths are mostly in the East China Sea, around the Ryukyu islands and through the Korea Strait. Russia frequently conducts flights orbiting Japan with military aircraft.[13]

The Ministry of Defense reported in fiscal 2018 that there were 999 scrambles by JASDF jets against mainly Chinese and Russian unidentified aircraft. That is the second highest amount of scrambles by the JASDF since 1958. 638 (64%) were Chinese aircraft and 343 (34%) were Russian aircraft. On June 20, 2019, two Russian bombers (Tupolev Tu-95) violated Japanese airspace twice on the same day.[14]

The Diet of Japan approved the modification of the ships of the Izumo-class to operate STOVL aircraft and in 2019 ordered 42 STOVL Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning IIs.[15] The US Marines will operate their own STOVL F-35s from the Izumo-class in cooperation with the ship's crew to build up a Japanese capability to operate this type. The current plan is for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force to operate the STOVL F-35B from land bases once delivered.[16]

On 17 March 2021, the Mitsubishi F-4EJ Phantom II was retired after 50 years of service with the JASDF, being replaced by the F-35A.[17]

During the 9 months of fiscal year 2021, JASDF fighters scrambled against 785 inbound flights.[18] Chinese aircraft were intercepted 571 times (70%), and 199 Russian aircraft.[18] The majority of the Chinese aircraft flew over Okinawa prefecture.[18]


Organization

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Defense Command Headquarters (2012)

Major units of the JASDF are the Air Defense Command, Air Support Command, Air Training Command, Air Development and Test Command, and Air Materiel Command. The Air Support Command is responsible for direct support of operational forces in rescue, transportation, control, weather monitoring and inspection. The Air Training Command is responsible for basic flying and technical training. The Air Development and Test Command, in addition to overseeing equipment research and development, is also responsible for research and development in such areas as flight medicine. On May 19, 2020 the JASDF officially inaugurated its Space Operation Squadron.[19]

F-15DJ Eagle

The Air Defense Command has northern, central, and western regional headquarters located at Misawa, Iruma, and Kasuga, respectively and the Southwestern Composite Air Division based at Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. All four regional headquarters control surface-to-air missile units of both the JASDF and the JGSDF located in their respective areas.

Ranks

المقالة الرئيسية: Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces § Air Self-Defense Force

Officers

NATO code OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Rank 幕僚長たる空将 空将 空将補 1等空佐 2等空佐 3等空佐 1等空尉 2等空尉 3等空尉
English translation General Lieutenant general Major general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Insignia Type A
（甲階級章） 		JASDF General insignia (a).svg JASDF Lieutenant General insignia (a).svg JASDF Major General insignia (a).svg JASDF Colonel insignia (a).svg JASDF Lieutenant Colonel insignia (a).svg JASDF Major insignia (a).svg JASDF Captain insignia (a).svg JASDF First Lieutenant insignia (a).svg JASDF Second Lieutenant insignia (a).svg
Insignia Type B
（乙階級章） 		JASDF General insignia (b).svg JASDF Lieutenant General insignia (b).svg JASDF Major General insignia (b).svg JASDF Colonel insignia (b).svg JASDF Lieutenant Colonel insignia (b).svg JASDF Major insignia (b).svg JASDF Captain insignia (b).svg JASDF First Lieutenant insignia (b).svg JASDF Second Lieutenant insignia (b).svg
Insignia Miniature Type
（略章） 		JASDF General insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Lieutenant General insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Major General insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Colonel insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Lieutenant Colonel insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Major insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Captain insignia (miniature).svg JASDF First Lieutenant insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Second Lieutenant insignia (miniature).svg


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Warrant officers and enlisted

NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1 OR-D
Rank 准空尉 空曹長 1等空曹 2等空曹 3等空曹 空士長 1等空士 2等空士 自衛官候補生
English translation Warrant officer Senior master sergeant Master sergeant Technical sergeant Staff sergeant Airman 1st class Airman 2nd class Airman 3rd class Self defense official cadet
Insignia Type A
（甲階級章） 		JASDF Warrant Officer insignia (a).svg JASDF Senior Master Sergeant insignia (a).svg JASDF Master Sergeant insignia (a).svg JASDF Technical Sergeant insignia (a).svg JASDF Staff Sergeant insignia (a).svg JASDF Airman 1st Class insignia (a).svg JASDF Airman 2nd Class insignia (a).svg JASDF Airman 3rd Class insignia (a).svg JASDF self defence official cadet insignia (a)1.svg

JASDF self defence official cadet insignia (a)2.svg
Insignia Type B
（乙階級章） 		JASDF Warrant Officer insignia (b).svg JASDF Senior Master Sergeant insignia (b).svg JASDF Master Sergeant insignia (b).svg JASDF Technical Sergeant insignia (b).svg JASDF Staff Sergeant insignia (b).svg JASDF Airman 1st Class insignia (b).svg JASDF Airman 2nd Class insignia (b).svg JASDF Airman 3rd Class insignia (b).svg JASDF self defence official cadet insignia (b).svg
Insignia Miniature Type
（略章） 		JASDF Warrant Officer insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Senior Master Sergeant insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Master Sergeant insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Technical Sergeant insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Staff Sergeant insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Airman 1st Class insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Airman 2nd Class insignia (miniature).svg JASDF Airman 3rd Class insignia (miniature).svg No insignia


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Equipment

انظر أيضاً: List of military aircraft of Japan

The JASDF maintains an integrated network of radar installations and air defense direction centers throughout the country known as the Basic Air Defense Ground Environment. In the late 1980s, the system was modernized and augmented with E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. The nation relies on fighter-interceptor aircraft and surface-to-air missiles to intercept hostile aircraft. Both of these systems were improved from the beginning of the late 1980s. Outmoded aircraft were replaced in the early 1990s with more sophisticated models, and Nike-J missiles have been replaced with the modern Patriot PAC-2 and PAC-3 system and M167 VADS.[20][21] The JASDF also provides air support for ground and sea operations of the JGSDF and the JMSDF and air defense for bases of all the forces. Base defenses were upgraded in the late 1980s with new surface-to-air missiles, modern antiaircraft artillery and new fixed and mobile aircraft shelters.

Aircraft

A JASDF F-35
An E-2C Hawkeye landing at Misawa Air Base
A CH-47J from Iruma Air Base
A Kawasaki T-4
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes
Combat aircraft
Mitsubishi F-2 Japan multirole F-2A[22] 62[22]
McDonnell Douglas F-15 United States air superiority F-15J[22] 155[22]
Lockheed Martin F-35 United States multirole F-35A/B[22] 27[22] 2+117 on order[22]
Special mission
Boeing E-767 United States AEW[22] 4[22]
Kawasaki C-1 Japan electronic warfare[22] EC-1 1[22]
Kawasaki C-2 Japan reconnaissance[22] RC-2 1[22]
Northrop Grumman E-2 United States AEW[22] E-2C/D[22] 17[22] 9 on order[22]
Hawker 800 United Kingdom SAR[22] U-125A 26[22]
NAMC YS-11 Japan electronic warfare[22] 4[22]
Tanker
Boeing KC-46 United States aerial refueling / transport KC-46A[22] 2[22] 2 on order[22]
Boeing KC-767 United States aerial refueling / transport KC-767J[22] 4[22]
Lockheed Martin KC-130 United States aerial refueling KC-130H[22] 2[22]
Transport
Kawasaki C-1 Japan transport 8[22]
Kawasaki C-2 Japan transport 13[22] 7 on order[22]
Lockheed C-130 United States transport C-130H[22] 14[22]
Gulfstream IV United States flight inspection 5[22]
Combat helicopter
Boeing CH-47 United States transport / utility CH-47J[22] 17[22]
Sikorsky UH-60 United States utility / SAR[23] S-70/UH-60J[22] 54[22] 1+20* on order[22]
Training aircraft/helicopters
Beechjet 400 United States jet trainer 13[22]
Mitsubishi F-2 Japan conversion trainer F-2B[22] 25[22]
McDonnell Douglas F-15 United States conversion trainer F-15DJ[22] 44[22]
Fuji T-3 Japan light trainer 49[22]
Kawasaki T-4 Japan jet trainer 200[22]
NAMC YS-11 Japan jet trainer 2[22]
UAV
RQ-4 Global Hawk United States surveillance RQ-4B 1 2 on order[24]

Culture and traditions

JASDF Flag

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force flag was first adopted in 1955 after the JASDF was created in 1954. It is based on a cap badge made in 1954. The flag is cobalt blue with a gold winged eagle on top of a combined star, the moon, the Hinomaru sun disc and clouds.[25] The latest version of the JASDF flag was re-adopted on 19 March 2001.[26] The JASDF flag is different from the JSDF flag and the JGSDF flag. It is determined by a directive regarding the flags of the JSDF.

Food

The dish of the JASDF is deep-fried chicken karaage,[27] such as Okinawan-style deep-fried chicken.[27] The JASDF tried to increase its popularity by promoting its fried chicken recipe since 2018.[27] There were competitions between the JMSDF's popular curry.[27]

See also

References

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