... impressive to watch.
Komatsu
Komatsu lost its last Phantoms already in May 1997, when 306 Hikotai converted from the F-4EJ to the F-15J Eagle.As Komatsu is the only JASDF on the Western coast towards ...
... But it featured a high chance to catch jet fighter action at Hyakuri and Komatsu, see interesting transport and special mission aircraft at Iruma, and to have a look at the rather seldomly visited trainer ...
... farewell to 302 Squadron Phantom operations. In Japan’s autumn airshow season it did visit all of the former 302 airbases, amongst them Komatsu, Nyutabaru or Naha.
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... that were all within a more or less 3-4h driving time. A bit of time, though not far looking at the distance as it easily can take that long to cover around 150km on Japanese roads... Let's start in Komatsu! ...
... accident of another F-15J the previous day at Komatsu, resulting in another grounding of the fleet! Subsequently no F-15s would fly at Nyutabaru, which cancelled around 30% of the flight program. Somehow ...
... of the Aggressor Squadron have to stay on the ground due to a grounding of the whole F-15 due to a landing mishap the previous Friday at Komatsu.
Where? Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan When? 06/12/2009 ...
