Don ChanTuesday, 12 July 2016:
Many F-2.
8th Hikoutai, 3rd Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
Rally ceremony by 8th Hikoutai commander, Lieutenant Colonel Oguro Masataka.
Late July 2016, 8th Hikoutai with about 20 F-2 will move from Misawa AB to Tsuiki AB, Fukuoka Prefecture.
This move compensates for January 2016, 304th Hikoutai with F-15 moved from Tsuiki AB to Naha AB, Okinawa Prefecture.
http://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/201607/160726/16072601.html
Don Chan29 June 2016:
JDS Kaga.
JMSDF.
JMSDF announced logo mark for JDS Kaga.
From 8 March, for one month, received 546 applications.
JDS Kaga outfitting crew voted, and chose design by Sudou Yuuki (32), a second-year student at art design department, Kiryuu University Junior College, Gunma Prefecture.
Its image is Kaga Yuuzen, a method of dyeing designs onto cloth in Kaga area, now Ishikawa Prefecture.
http://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/201607/160712/16071206.html
Don Chanhttp://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/miyagi/news/20160707-OYTNT50320.html
Japanese news article dated 2016/07/07.
At Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture, first air show after 2011/03/11 earthquake and tsunami, will be on 2016/08/28.
Demo flights by Blue Impulse, F-2, and Kyuunantai (SAR Squadron) helicopters.
Because of traffic control, admission by lucky draw limited to 9,000 visitors.
Applications submit on or before 2016/07/15.
The previous air show in 2010, attracted 80,000 visitors.
Don Chanhttp://www.khi.co.jp/news/detail/20160630_1.html
Kawasaki Heavy Industries official news, dated 2016/06/30.
January 2010, XC-2 prototype version, first unit, first flight successful.
March 2010, XC-2 prototype version, first unit, accepted by JMOD.
March 2011, XC-2 prototype version, second unit, accepted by JMOD.
30 June 2016, C-2 mass-production version, first unit, accepted by JMOD.
C-2 mass-production version, second and later units, will be subsequently accepted by JMOD.
Don ChanThursday, 30 June 2016:
C-2.
68-1203. #203.
JASDF.
C-2 first mass-production unit.
JASDF accept ceremony, at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu Factory South Factory.
Fiscal year 2016, three units.
2017, two units.
2018, three units.
Develop cost, 264.3 billion Yen.
Procure cost, fiscal year 2016, 22.9 billion Yen per unit.
First mass-production unit, 18.8 billion Yen.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160630-00000003-awire-bus_all
Don ChanOn or before 13 June 2016:
OH-6DA. Training helicopter.
8782.
JMSDF, based at Kanoya AB.
Decommissioned at Kanoya AB.
8782 was last produced OH-6DA.
March 1984, entered service, and assigned to 211th Kyouiku Koukuutai, JMSDF.
After 91 courses, trained about 870 pilots.
OH-6DA nicknamed “Lemon”.
http://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/201606/160613/16061305.html
On or before 10 June 2016:
SH-60K.
8439.
JMSDF, based at DDH-144 JDS Kurama [Shirane Class destroyer], Escort Flotilla 2, JMSDF.
After training in USA, and returning to Japan, accomplished 20,000 hours of helicopter flight without accident, after 35 years.
March 1981, JDS Kurama entered service, and based at Sasebo.
April 2015, accomplished 5,000th landing on ship, without accident.
http://www.asagumo-news.com/homepage/htdocs/news/newsflash/201606/160610/16061005.html
Don Chan(KF-16D on 2016/03/30.)
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2016/06/10/5/0200000000AEN20160610008500315F.html
Engine defect caused F-16D fighter crash in March: Air Force
2016/06/10
SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) – A defective engine component was found to have caused the crash of a South Korean F-16D fighter jet during an air strike exercise in late March, the Air Force said Friday.
A defective plate covering the turbine of the aircraft’s engine came apart during the flight, resulting in the engine failure that brought down fighter jet, the Air Force said after its investigation into the accident.
The defect was acknowledged by the engine maker, Pratt & Whitney, which later enhanced related manufacturing processes, according to the statement.
https://www.newdaily.co.kr/news/article_print.html?no=313599
2016/06/10
http://data.newdaily.co.kr/data/photos/20160623/shp_1465544553.jpg
KF-16D defective engine parts (red circle).
Don Chan7 June 2016:
Z-9.
B-7115.
China Marine Surveillance, PRC.
During marine monitoring mission near Zhe Jiang Province coast, disappeared, after last radio contact with control tower, at about 1:26 PM.
Last known position was above sea, 4 NM east of Tao Hua Island, Zhou Shan.
Or, 10 NM southeast of Zhou Shan AP.
Two crew and two passengers missing.
Passengers were law-enforcement personnel.
11:30 AM, took off, at Zhu Jia Jian AP, Zhou Shan, and scheduled to RTB about 1:40 PM.
SAR scrambled 18+ ships and 4+ heloes.
After 6 PM, SAR personnel found wreck on Da Qing Mountain top, Zhu Jia Jian, Zhou Shan.
Four crew and passengers killed.
http://mil.huanqiu.com/china/2016-06/9018897.html
The pilots included SUN Li Ping.
He had flown for 17 years, with 8,500+ flight hours.
He was stationed at Zhou Shan for 15 of those 17 years.
Using the alias Xun Hai (“Patrol Sea”), he shared countless photos of islands, ocean/sea, ships, &c, in the Internet.
Don Chanhttp://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2016/20160604014114.asp
4 June 2016:
8th Hikoutai, 3rd Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
About late July 2016, 8th Hikoutai will move to Tsuiki AB, Fukuoka Prefecture.
8th Hikoutai operates F-2.
Don Chan17 May 2016:
C-2.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
Gifu AB, Gifu Prefecture.
C-2 mass-production first aicraft test flight successful.
11:28, took off, flew for three hours, and landed.
Don Chan14 May 2016:
Hikou Kyoudougun, JASDF, based at Nyuutabaru AB, Miyazaki Prefecture.
Farewell ceremony for Hikou Kyoudougun [Tactical Fighter Training Group, or Aggressors].
Early June 2016, Hikou Kyoudougun will move to Komatsu AB, Ishikawa Prefecture.
1981, established at Tsuiki AB, Fukuoka Prefecture.
1983, moved to Nyuutabaru AB.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/miyazaki/news/20160514-OYTNT50054.html
Don Chan6 April 2016:
U-125 [BAe-125-800FI].
49-3043. 043.
Callsign was Trier 43.
C/N 258242.
Hikou Tenkentai [Flight Check Squadron], JASDF, based at Iruma AB, Sayama City, Dasaitama Prefecture.
6 April, morning, deployed to JMSDF Kanoya AB, Kanoya City, Kagoshima Prefecture.
14:35, 10 km north-northwest of Kanoya AB, disappeared in radar.
Altitude, about 1,000 m.
East of Takakuma Mountain; peak height, 1,100 m.
4 km northeast of Meino’o Farm.
Six crew killed.
Pilot, co-pilot, two radio operators, two mechanics.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20160408-00050162-yom-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/nnn?a=20160408-00000059-nnn-soci
Pilot:
Major Hiraoka Masaru.
46 years old.
Callsign was Guy.
Flight time, about 6,000 hours.
Former F-2 pilot, instructor pilot, and Blue Impulse #1 pilot in 2010 to 2012.
Three years ago, became U-125 pilot.
http://www.blueimpulsefan.net/pilot01.html
Hiraoka’s photo is left column, second from top.
Co-pilot:
Captain Haraguchi Tsukasa.
34 years old.
Flight time, about 1,500 hours.
Radio operators:
Warrant Officer Shiratori Hiroki.
52 years old.
Staff Sergeant Kikima Yuuta.
27 years old.
Mechanics:
Senior Master Sergeant Watanuki Ikuo.
43 years old.
Technical Sergeant Yonezawa Teppei.
34 years old.
http://www.sankei.com/affairs/news/160414/afr1604140028-n1.html
14 April, at Iruma AB, funeral ceremony.
All six crew posthumously promoted one rank.
Total three U-125 at Iruma AB.
Equipped with flight recorder, ground proximity warning system, and voice recorder.
Flight plan: 13:15, take off at Kanoya AB, for check TACAN radio frequencies and signals for aircraft landing at same AB.
16:00, land at same AB.
7 April, return to Iruma AB.
http://www.sankei.com/west/photos/160409/wst1604090025-p1.html
Spotter named Matsumoto Tomoyuki’s photo of U-125 043 dated 6 April 2016, before its final take-off.
http://flyteam.jp/registration/49-3043
U-125 043 data and photos.
6 April, afternoon, SDF contacted Meino’o Farm owner, and borrowed farm parking lot for temporary command post.
7 April, 13:15, 500 to 600 m east of Ontake Peak, discovered debris and one body, under fog, rain, and wind.
Ontake peak height, 1,181 m.
By 15:35, discovered three more bodies, within 50 m from first body.
8 April, morning, no fog.
Discovered crash site, and final two bodies.
Crash knocked down trees, length 200 to 300 m.
9 April, afternoon, three JASDF C-1 transport planes delivered bodies in coffins to Iruma AB.
http://www.mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2016/04/06a.html
MOD official press release.
http://mainichi.jp/graphs/20160407/hpj/00m/050/001000g/2
U-125 followed Kanoya AB signal, and flew low above runway, from west to east.
Then, flew counter-clockwise, radius 11 km, to check signal.
Altitude, 880 m.
26 July 1972, JMSDF P2V-7 also crashed at Takakuma Mountain.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/fnn?a=20160408-00000120-fnn-soci
Final dialogue in Japanese, reportedly:
U-125: Tower, Trier 43, switch to TACAN #2 machine, please.
Tower: Understand. Stand-by. Switch completed.
U-125: Trier 43, understood.
Google Maps > Kanoyashi Meinoo Farm
Don Chan] http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article5001.html
] Luke F-16 crashes near Bagdad Arizona, pilot presumed dead
] 21 January 2016
http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/post.php?id=9&message=77190
(Official ROC Military News Agency article in Chinese, plus colour photos.)
29 March 2016:
Lieutenant Colonel (posthumous) KAO Ting Cheng’s burial ceremony, hosted by ROCAF Commander, General SHEN Yi Ming.
Don Chanhttp://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/special/kaga/index.html
8 March 2016 to 8 April 2016:
JMSDF is looking for public applications to design a new logo mark for JDS Kaga.
Winner(s) will be contacted in late May 2016.
Bottom of this page has logo marks for JDS Izumo, JDS Ise, JDS Hyuuga, JDS Murasame, and JDS Hatakaze.
Don Chan20 March 2016:
Many F-2.
21st Hikoutai, JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture.
Ceremony for 21st Hikoutai returned to Matsushima AB.
21st Hikoutai was F-2 pilots training squadron.
Training would restart on 23 March.
After earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, 21st Hikoutai moved to Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
Matsushima AB, against future tsunami, apron elevated 4 metres.
New hangars would complete this month.
Six flooded and repaired F-2, and three F-2 from other air bases, were stationed.
More would return.
http://www.sankei.com/photo/photojournal/news/160320/jnl1603200001-n1.html
Many photos.
Note “Return March 2016” badge on uniform, and “Return to Matsushima AB” and “Many Thanks To Misawa AB” special markings on tail fin of 33-8116.
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2016032000106
http://www.kahoku.co.jp/tohokunews/201603/20160321_13012.html
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/society/news/2016/03/21/kiji/K20160321012252060.html
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