Flight Check Squadron (JASDF)

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
Flight Check Squadron U-125(2017)
ActiveOctober 1, 1958
CountryJapan
AllegianceAir Support Command
BranchJapan Air Self-Defense Force
Garrison/HQIruma 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]

References

Unit homepage (in Japanese)

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