Akeno Air Field is a military aerodrome of the

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service b ...

. It is located northwest of

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in the

Mie Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Mie Prefecture has a population of 1,781,948 () and has a geographic area of . Mie Prefecture is bordered by Gifu Prefecture to the north, Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture to ...

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. JGSDF helicopter types based at Akeno include Bell AH-1S Cobra, Bell UH-1J Iroquois, Kawasaki OH-1, Kawasaki OH-6D, Kawasaki CH-47J/JA Chinook, Mitsubishi UH-60J and Emstron TH-480.

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