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About Air Self-Defense Force
The only organization protecting Japan's airspace
In Japan, there is no "air police force" corresponding to the police on land and the Japan Coast Guard at sea. Therefore, the JASDF is the only organization with responsibility for the peace and security of Japan's airspace, both in terms of peacetime and in contingencies.
Units That Make Up Japan's Air Defense Force
The JASDF units is comprised of fighter aircraft units, air warning and control units, surface-to-air guided missile units, aerial refueling and transport units, air transport units, and air rescue units.
Overview of Koku-Jieitai FY2024
Koku-Jieitai marks its 70th anniversary this year.Let me introduce the foot-steps we had taken up to date.On July 1, 1954, the Defense Agency and the Self-Defense Forces (GSDF, MSDF, and ASDF) were established. Koku-Jieitai was launched with a capacity of 6738 personnel and 148 training aircraft, and four years later, the began taking measures against intrusion of territorial airspace.After the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972, Koku-Jieitai established four defense forces posture and 20years after from the establishment of JASDF, female personnel were commissioned.The first Japan-U. S. bilateral training was conducted in Misawa in 1978, and we began our first overseas training in 1988.
- About Air Self-Defense Force
- Domains protected by JASDF
- Airspace Surrounding Japan
- Defending Japan's peace from the skies
- espondence on a steady-state 1: warning and surveillance, etc
- Correspondence on a steady-state 2: Responding to disaster, International peace Cooperation Activities, etc
- Responding to attacks against Japan
- Evolution in JASDF
- Build a structure for defending Japan
- Japan-U.S. Alliance
- Promotion of Security Cooperation