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Air Development and Test Wing (JASDF)

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Air Development and Test Wing
飛行開発実験団
ADTW aircraft in flight (2008)
ActiveDecember 1, 1955
Country Japan
Branch Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Garrison/HQGifu Air Field

The 飛行開発実験団 (Air Development and Test Wing, hikoukaihatsujikkendan) is the sole unit of the Air Development and Test Command of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Gifu Air Field in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The most noteable aircraft used at Gifu Airbase was thr F-14A during the 1979 competition for the JASDF replacement of the F-104. A singular F-14A was serviced here and used by the Air Development and Test Wing throughout the period of the trials.[1]

Aircraft operated

See also

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Paul JASDF - Order of Battle July 1, 2017 J-HangarSpace Retrieved October 2, 2017
  2. ^ "Air Development & Test Wing". J-HangarSpace. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ Cenciotti, David (17 March 2021). "Japan's Last Three F-4EJ Phantoms Have Just Flown For The Last Time". The Aviationist. Retrieved 2 April 2021.