The Kasuga Helicopter Airlift Squadron () also known as the Kasuga Helicopter Transport Squadron is a unit of the

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. It comes under the authority of the Air Rescue Wing. It is commanded from

Kasuga Air Base is a base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The base serves as the headquarter of Western Air Defense Force (WADF), with its Area of Responsibility encompassing Kyushu, Shikoku and the Chūgoku region on ...

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, but its aircraft are actually based at the nearby

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. It is equipped with CH-47J aircraft.

Tail marking

As with other helicopter airlift squadrons, it has the emblem of the Air Rescue Wing with a sticker stating the home base of the unit.

Aircraft operated

* CH-47J

References

Units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force {{Japan-mil-stub