Japan Air Self-Defense Force

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air force military branch organization

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force is the aviation branch of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the country’s air defense and airspace security.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Air Self-Defense Force	1
JASDF	1
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force	1
航空自衛隊	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force ⓘ military branch ⓘ organization ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
dateFounded	1954-07-01 ⓘ
foundedBy	Government of Japan ⓘ
hasAerobaticTeam	Blue Impulse ⓘ
hasBase	Chitose Air Base ⓘ Hamamatsu Air Base ⓘ Hyakuri Air Base ⓘ Iruma Air Base ⓘ Komatsu Air Base ⓘ Misawa Air Base ⓘ Naha Air Base ⓘ Nyutabaru Air Base ⓘ Tsuiki Air Base ⓘ
hasCommanderTitle	Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ
hasUnit	Air Defense Command (Japan) ⓘ Air Development and Test Command (Japan) ⓘ Air Materiel Command (Japan) ⓘ Air Support Command (Japan) ⓘ Air Training Command (Japan) ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ surface form: Ichigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
language	Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis	Japan Self-Defense Forces Act ⓘ
motto	Key to Defense ⓘ
nativeName	Japan Air Self-Defense Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 航空自衛隊
operatesIn	Japanese airspace ⓘ
overseenBy	Japan Ministry of Defense ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defense of Japan
participatesIn	humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations ⓘ joint military exercises with the United States ⓘ
partOf	Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ
primaryMission	defense of Japanese airspace ⓘ interception of hostile aircraft ⓘ
role	aerial warfare ⓘ air defense ⓘ air transport ⓘ airborne early warning ⓘ airspace security ⓘ disaster relief support ⓘ
shortName	Japan Air Self-Defense Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: JASDF
subordinateTo	Chief of Staff, Joint Staff (Japan) ⓘ
symbol	roundel with red disc and white border ⓘ
usesAircraft	Boeing E-767 ⓘ Boeing 767 ⓘ surface form: Boeing KC-767 CH-47J Chinook ⓘ Grumman E-2C Hawkeye ⓘ Kawasaki C-1 ⓘ Kawasaki C-2 ⓘ Kawasaki T-4 ⓘ Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ F-15 Eagle ⓘ surface form: Mitsubishi F-15J Mitsubishi F-2 ⓘ
usesMissileSystem	Aegis Ashore (planned, later cancelled) ⓘ Patriot missile system ⓘ surface form: PAC-3 Patriot Type 03 Chū-SAM ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan Self-Defense Forces → component → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Iwo Jima → controlledBy → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Fifth Air Force → cooperation → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Maritime Operations Center → coordinatesWith → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Self Defense Fleet → coordinatesWith → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

this entity surface form: Air Self-Defense Force

Minister of Defense of Japan → hasAuthorityOver → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Japan Air Self-Defense Force → nativeName → Japan Air Self-Defense Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 航空自衛隊

Boeing KC-46 Pegasus → operator → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

F-35B Lightning II → operator → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II → operator → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

North American F-86 Sabre → operator → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

F-15 Eagle → otherOperator → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Japan Ministry of Defense → oversees → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Learjet 35 → primaryUser → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Japan Self-Defense Forces Act → regulates → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Japan Air Self-Defense Force → shortName → Japan Air Self-Defense Force self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: JASDF

Fukuoka Airport → usedBy → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

Hercules → usedBy → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

subject surface form: Lockheed C-130 Hercules

this entity surface form: Japanese Air Self-Defense Force

Naha Airport → usedBy → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ

U.S. Forces Japan → worksWith → Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ