is a military base of the

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Hachinohe is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 221,459, and a population density of 725 persons per km2 in 96,092 households, making it Aomori Prefecture's second largest city by population. The city h ...

Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east, ...

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. It is one of several military facilities in eastern Aomori Prefecture, and is adjacent to the

JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is located northwest of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, in northern Honshū, Japan. Operations JMSDF Hachinohe Air Base is currently the headquarters of Fleet Air Wi ...

History

Camp Hachinohe was founded as a training field for the

Imperial Japanese Army Air Force The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) or Imperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF; ja, 大日本帝國陸軍航空部隊, Dainippon Teikoku Rikugun Kōkūbutai, lit=Greater Japan Empire Army Air Corps) was the aviation force of the Im ...

in 1941. On the

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at the end of

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, the airfield was occupied by the

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and the 29th AAA AW Battalion of the

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as Camp Haugen, in honor of Col.

Orin D. Haugen Orin Doughty Haugen (August 18, 1907 – February 22, 1945) was a colonel in the United States Army and commanding officer of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. Career Born in Wyndmere, North Dakota, Haugen graduated fr ...

. With the start of the

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in 1950, the base was turned over to the

National Police Reserve The , or NPR, was a lightly armed national police force established in August 1950 during the Allied occupation of Japan. In October 1952, it was expanded to 110,000 men and renamed as the . On July 1, 1954, it was reorganized as the Japan Groun ...

, the immediate predecessor to the

. With the final withdrawal of American forces from Hachinohe in 1956, the base was turned over to the JGSDF and was officially re-designated JGSDF Camp Hachinohe.''Col. Orin D. Haugen, Regimental Commander'' (History of the 511th Airborne Regiment)
In 1962, the JGSDF 38th Infantry Regiment and JGSDF 39th Infantry Regiment were created at Hachinohe. The JGSDF 39th Infantry Regiment was transferred to JGSDF Camp Hirosaki in 1968 and the JGSDF 38th Infantry Regiment to JGSDF Camp Tagajō in

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in 1994. In 2006, the JGSDF North Eastern Army Combined Brigade was formed, with units split between Camp Hachinohe and Camp Tagajō. At present, the base is home to 19 operational units, one aviation unit, and 2100 men.

Organization

JGSDF North East Army (HQ Sendai) * JGSDF 4th Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment * JGSDF 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group * JGSDF 9th Antitank Group * JGSDF 9th Engineer Battalion(Combat) * JGSDF North Eastern Army Aviation Group (equipped with AH-1 and OH-1 helicopters * JGSDF 9th Logistic Support Regiment * JGSDF 38th Infantry Regiment (portions) * JGSDF North Eastern Army Logistic Support Troop

References

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