Fleet Air Force (JMSDF)
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In the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Fleet Air Force is its naval aviation branch, responsible for both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft and headquartered in Naval Air Facility Atsugi. As of 20
Three JMSDF P-3C Orions flying in formation during 2011
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Lockheed UP-3C Orion #9151
Kawasaki P-1
A JMSDF SH-60J Seahawk helicopter from JDS Haruna lands on board USS Russell in 2007.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, abbreviated JMSDF, also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the navy branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF
Fleet Air Force (JMSDF)
…In the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Fleet Air Force (Japanese: 航空集団, romanized: kōkū shūdan) is its naval aviation branch, responsible for both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft…
JMSDF during fleet maneuvers in 2019
A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 launched from JS Kongō, an Aegis destroyer
The Sōryū-class attack submarine Kenryū
JS Izumo, a multi-role aircraft-carrying cruiser being refitted to carry F-35B stealth fighters