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Shimofusa Air Base
, officially Shimohusa Air Base, is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is located east of Matsudo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The base straddles the border between Kashiwa and Kamagaya cities. Operations Shimofusa Air Base is currently the headquarters of the JMSDF Simohusa Air Training Group, which is equipped with Kawasaki-Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and NAMC YS-11 training aircraft. It is also host to the JMSDF 3rd Service School and a detachment from the JMSDF Communications Command. History Origins Shimofusa Air Base was initially founded as for the IJAAF in 1945 during the closing stages of World War II by appropriating the Musashi Country Club Fujigaya Course which was once the premier golf course in the Tokyo area. With the completion of the airfield facility in April 1945, the 116th Airfield Battalion was assigned to Fujigaya to become the base host unit. At that time, the deployment of major IJAAF units in Tokatsu R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashiwa, Chiba
is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 433,436 in 194,216 households and a population density of 3800 persons per km². The total area of the city is . The name of the city is written with a single ''kanji'' character: , a reference to ''Quercus dentata'', commonly known in English as the Japanese emperor oak or daimyo oak. Geography Kashiwa is located on the Shimōsa Plateau in the far northwestern corner of Chiba Prefecture, about 30 kilometers from the prefectural capital at Chiba and 25 to 35 kilometers from central Tokyo. It is separated from Ibaraki Prefecture to the north by the Tone River. Located on the Kanto Plain, the city is flat, with an elevation of between 5 and 32 meters above sea level. Neighboring municipalities *Chiba Prefecture **Matsudo ** Abiko **Inzai **Kamagaya **Noda **Shiroi **Nagareyama *Ibaraki Prefecture **Toride ** Moriya Climate Kashiwa has a Humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
