Yokota Air Base
Japan-US air force base in Fussa, Tokyo, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Yokota Air Base | |||||||
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横田飛行場 Yokota Hikōjō | |||||||
Fussa, Tokyo in Japan | |||||||
Coordinates | 35°44′55″N 139°20′55″E | ||||||
Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Various (leased by Government of Japan and made available to the US) | ||||||
Operator | United States Air Force | ||||||
Controlled by | Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) | ||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||
Website | www | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1940 (1940) (as Tama Airfield) | ||||||
In use | 1940 – present | ||||||
Garrison information | |||||||
Current commander | Col. Andrew L. Roddan | ||||||
Garrison | 374th Airlift Wing (Host) | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY, WMO: 476420 | ||||||
Elevation | 140.8 metres (462 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1] |
It occupies portions of Akishima, Fussa, Hamura, Mizuho, Musashimurayama, and Tachikawa.[2]
The base houses 14,000 personnel. It occupies a total area of 7.07 km2 (2.73 sq mi) and has a 3,353 m × 61 m (11,001 ft × 200 ft) runway.
It features the JASDF Air Defense Command Headquarters (ADC headquarters) since 26 March 2012. The headquarters of United States Forces Japan is also located there. Other base facilities are the broadcast center for the American Forces Network Tokyo radio service and a detachment of Pacific Air Forces' Band of the Pacific.