Gifu Air Field (original) (raw)

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Airport in Gifu, Japan

Gifu Air Field岐阜飛行場Gifu Hikōjō
IATA: QGUICAO: RJNG
Summary
Airport type	Military air base
Operator	Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Location	Gifu, Japan
Elevation AMSL	128 ft / 39 m
Coordinates	35°23′40″N 136°52′10″E / 35.39444°N 136.86944°E / 35.39444; 136.86944
Map
RJNGLocation in Japan
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,700 8,858 Asphalt
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Gifu Air Field (岐阜飛行場, Gifu Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJNG) is a military air base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Gifu Airbase (岐阜基地, Gifu Kichi). It is located in Kakamigahara City, 7.0 NM (13.0 km; 8.1 mi) east[1] of Gifu in the Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is home to the Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum.[2][3]

A Mitsubishi F-4EJ Kai Phantom of the Air Development and Test Wing and a Mitsubishi F-15J of the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Gifu Air Field.

• Air Defense Command
  • Central Air Defense Force
    * 4th Air Defence Missile Group
    * 13th Fire Unit
    * 15th Fire Unit
• Air Development and Test Command
  • Air Development and Test Wing
• Air Material Command
  • 2nd Air Depot
• • Mitsubishi F-2
  • Mitsubishi XF-2
  • McDonald Douglas F-15
  • McDonald Douglas F-15J
  • Kawasaki C1
  • Kawasaki C-2
  • Kawasaki T-4
  • Fuji T-7

1. ^ a b AIS Japan
2. ^ Thompson, Paul. "Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum". j-hangarspace.jp. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
3. ^ "Gifu-Kagamigahara Air and Space Museum". sorahaku.net. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

• Gifu Air Base (in Japanese)