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United States Forces Japan. The United States Forces Japan ( USFJ) ( Japanese: 在日米軍, Hepburn: Zainichi Beigun) is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. [2] USFJ is headquartered at Yokota Air Base in ...
Yokota Air Base (横田飛行場, Yokota Hikōjō), ( IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and United States Air Force (USAF) base in the Tama Area, or Western Tokyo . It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa. [2] The base houses 14,000 personnel.
Camp Zama. Two U.S. airmen work atop a signal tower at Camp Zama in June 2002. / 35.51383°N 139.39367°E / 35.51383; 139.39367. Camp Zama (キャンプ座間) is a United States Army post located in the cities of Zama and Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Tokyo.
Naval Air Facility Atsugi (厚木海軍飛行場, Atsugi Kaigun-hikōjō) ( IATA: NJA, ICAO: RJTA) is a joint Japan-US naval air base located in the cities of Yamato and Ayase in Kanagawa, Japan. It is the largest United States Navy (USN) air base in the Pacific Ocean, and once housed the squadrons of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5), which ...
The US military will send dozens of its newest fighter jets to Japan as part of a $10 billion upgrade of its forces in the country, the Defense Department announced Wednesday.
United States Seventh Fleet. United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka (横須賀海軍施設, Yokosuka kaigunshisetsu) or Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (司令官艦隊活動横須賀, Shirei-kan kantai katsudō Yokosuka) is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the ...
Tachikawa Airfield. / 35.71083°N 139.40306°E / 35.71083; 139.40306. Tachikawa Airfield (立川飛行場, Tachikawa Hikōjō) ( ICAO: RJTC) is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, in the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, it has also served as a civilian airport with Japan's ...
Fuchu Air Base (府中基地, Fuchū Kichi) is a Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) base located in Fuchū, Tokyo. It was originally an Imperial Japanese Army base from 1940 to 1945. After the Japanese surrender it was occupied by US forces and became a US military base known as Fuchu Air Station. The Japan Self-Defense Force started ...