The was the principal officers' training school for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The classrooms of the academy were located in the city of Sayama,

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, northwest of

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. An airfield was added in 1937 and used by the IJAAS until 1945.

Post War Use

From 1945 to 1962 it was used by the USAF as Johnson Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force began use of the base in 1958 and last US forces left in 1978. The former airfield of the academy is now

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of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Superintendents

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：October 1, 1937 *

Shozo Teraguchi：July 1, 1939 *

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：September 15, 1941 *

Saburo Endo：December 1, 1942 *

Michio Sugawara：May 1, 1943 *

Yoshitoshi Tokugawa 200px, Lieutenant General Baron Tokugawa Yoshitoshi Baron was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army and one of the pioneers of military aviation in Japan. He is credited with having made the first flight in a powered aircraft in Ja ...

：March 28, 1944

Notable alumni

(IJA:

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, JGSDF:

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, JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force) *

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： Liberal Democratic Party Politician * General

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：IJA and JASDF Officer, * Captain

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：IJA * General

Shigehiro Mori Shigehiro (written: 重煕, 茂弘, 繁浩, 成浩 or 繁博) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese military officer and spy *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese film director and screenwriter *, Japa ...

：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff * General

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：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff * General

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：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff * Captain Yoshio Yoshida：IJA aviator, flying ace during WW2 * General

Kanshi Ishikawa Kanshi may refer to: * Kanshi (poetry) (漢詩), Chinese poetry written by Japanese * Kanshi, Fujian (坎市镇), town in Yongding District, Longyan, Fujian, China * Kanshi, India, town in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India * Kanshi, Mbuji-Mayi, a commu ...

：IJA and JASDF Officer * General

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：IJA and JGSDF *

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：Computer Engineer, Businessmen, Vice Chairman of

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： Liberal Democratic Party Politician, Senior Adviser of

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, son of General Seishiro Itagaki * Major General

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：IJA and JASDF Officer *

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：

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Air Commodore

Post War Use

Superintendents

Notable alumni

See also