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November 2, 2008 at 9:06 am in reply to: BBC Reports Japanese Air Force Chief Sacked #2497251

Don Chan
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I wondered what aircraft did Lieutenant General Tamogami fly…

According to Wikipedia,
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%B0%E6%AF%8D%E7%A5%9E%E4%BF%8A%E9%9B%84
and his official profile,
http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/message.html
the units that Tamogami went through, included: 3rd Koukuudan (Misawa, Aomori), Nansei Koukuu Konseidan (Naha, Okinawa), 6th Koukuudan (Komatsu, Ishikawa).

He advanced through air defense and base operations, and the profiles don’t seem to mention he went through any Hikoutai (squadron), so maybe he wasn’t a pilot.

November 2, 2008 at 4:16 am in reply to: BBC Reports Japanese Air Force Chief Sacked #2497336

Don Chan
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Seeing, well, reading is believing:

The fired/former JASDF commander in chief’s essay is available at
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/index.html
in Japanese as
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/01.html
and in English (!) as
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/02.html

I downloaded it, but haven’t read it.

November 2, 2008 at 3:47 am in reply to: Why some much hate and bitterness in Modern Military forum? #2497338

Don Chan
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The fired/former JASDF commander in chief’s essay is available at
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/index.html
in Japanese as
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/01.html
and in English (!) as
http://www.apa.co.jp/book_report/02.html

November 1, 2008 at 1:11 pm in reply to: Chinese Shenzhou 5 launched around 9pm EST #2497594

Don Chan
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-10/31/content_10285400.htm

Xin Hua Net announces the Nan Chang space centre in Hai Nan Province will launch its first satellite in 2014.

November 1, 2008 at 12:39 pm in reply to: Why some much hate and bitterness in Modern Military forum? #2497622

Don Chan
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I haven’t read the original essay by the JASDF commander in chief, about the adventures of the Imperial Japanese military from late 19th century to WWII (which began over here in Asia in 1937 (or earlier), not 1939 nor 1941), that caused the JMOD to fire him, so I’ll not comment about it (contrary to popular misbelief, I’ve always claimed to be a rational Japan- and USA-basher, even when I was flaming and getting flamed left, right, and centre in soc.culture.* newsgroups, aeons ago); but Yahoo! Japan News has a very concise summary of the original essay:

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20081101-00000072-san-pol

November 1, 2008 at 4:29 am in reply to: [Accident Report] US military accidents in 1972 to 2000 in Okinawa, Japan #2497708

Don Chan
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] of course they’re restless..

Reminds me of a quote that I once read in soc.culture.japan, back in the ’90s, probably by a fellow Chinese Netter; and that impressed me so much that I still remember it: “At least now they know how it feels to be occupied by a foreign army.”

] if Tokyo wants US bases so badly, put them on the mainland.

Seriously, when I began researching military aircraft accidents (including many non-fatal emergency landings) in Japan since end of WWII, I was amused that a few were RAF.
ISTR from somewhere that just after WWII, the Brits occupied part of Japan for a very short while?
You happen to have any idea about for how many years, and at which air bases?

November 1, 2008 at 3:23 am in reply to: [Accident Report] US military accidents in 1972 to 2000 in Okinawa, Japan #2497713

Don Chan
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(The Okinawa natives are restless…)

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=58525

“Okinawa police question pilot in emergency landing”

Pacific edition, Saturday, November 1, 2008
By Natasha Lee and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa ? Okinawa police Wednesday questioned the American pilot of a U.S. government-owned Cessna that made an emergency landing Oct. 24 in a sugar cane field in Nago, Okinawa prefectural police said Thursday.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=65545&archive=true

“Cessna ‘crash’ draws complaint
Nago major says U.S. interfered with probe; flights are suspended”

Pacific edition, Thursday, October 30, 2008
By Natasha Lee and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa ? The Nago mayor filed a complaint Tuesday with the top U.S. military leader on the island, saying military police interfered with an investigation after a Cessna piloted by Americans made an emergency landing Friday night near a sugar cane field.

October 31, 2008 at 2:53 pm in reply to: PLAAF News, Photos and Speculation #12 #2497990

Don Chan
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http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/081101/60/18orh.html

1 November 2008:
737th Lian Dui, ROCAF, 30th anniversary.
Retired ROCAF deputy commander in chief, Lieutenant General SUN Ping flies the jet fighter flight simulator, and completes the take off, track, lock-on, and shoot down routines; impressing the younger ROCAF pilots in orange.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2008-10/30/content_10280527.htm

Xin Hua Net quotes a Taiwanese mag article about the hardware and personnel problems that ROCAF is having.

] From that angle, it looks a bit like Mig29UB.

http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1007/8/5/4/100785480.html?coluid=4&kindid=16&docid=100785480&mdate=1031141408

I thought it’s the Yak-130’s Chinese cousin?

October 31, 2008 at 2:46 pm in reply to: Japanese air show #2497992

Don Chan
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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/aichi/news/20081031-OYT8T00009.htm
http://chubu.yomiuri.co.jp/news_kan/kan081031_2.htm

30 October 2008:
20,000 take offs and landings without accident caused by JASDF Komaki air traffic control team at Prefectural Nagoya AP, Aichi Prefecture, after three years eight months.
20,000th was landing of J Air flight 4406 from Fukuoka AP.
Four persons, including aircraft pilot (51) and air traffic controller JASDF NCO (44), received flowers.

From 2005 February, Nagoya AP run by Aichi Prefecture. Air traffic control changed from Ministry of National Transportation to JASDF.
Prefectural Nagoya AP shared by civilian and military aircraft, 150-200 flights a day.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVSB97PuOJ2SmiI6PuOMJm5zQbFg

“Japan’s air force chief sacked over WWII comments”

20 minutes ago (31 October 2008)

TOKYO (AFP) — Japan sacked its air force chief on Friday, after he wrote an essay in which he denied the country was an aggressor in World War II, a stance likely to anger its Asian neighbours.

October 30, 2008 at 2:08 pm in reply to: Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving monster? #2498552

Don Chan
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] but I think the F-15J is armed with AAM-5 … the AAM-4 is a AMRAAM-type missile !

Text says AAM-4…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_AAM-4
is AAM-4 Type 99 AAM.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis-Mars/9578/AAM-5.html
is AAM-5 Type 04 AAM.

Seeing is believing…

] 2008.08.04:
] F-15 #914 with AAM-4s.

Look like AAM-5s.
(Sigh. Another evidence that I’m not a big expert of the JASDF.)

OK. To quote the late former US President “Ronnie Raygun”: “I only know what I’m told.” XD

October 30, 2008 at 11:13 am in reply to: Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving monster? #2498681

Don Chan
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Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving missile?

] any idea, what’s that ?

Gawking…

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ktbmwm3/19275496.html

2008.10.28:
Text says F-15 #801 with two “Mujin kun”.
“Mujin” means “no person”. Probably a target drone.

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ktbmwm3/18701568.html

2008.10.16:
F-2 #544 with AAM-3s, ASM-2, XASM-3.
F-15 #066 with a live test data pod?
F-4 #327 as chase plane.

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ktbmwm3/14440765.html

2008.08.04:
F-15 #914 with AAM-5s.
F-4 #357 with ASM-2s.

Yes, I skipped their ELINT big friends.

October 30, 2008 at 2:52 am in reply to: PLAAF News, Photos and Speculation #12 #2498826

Don Chan
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http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/081030/78/18j0z.html

At a committe meeting with politicians, ROC Minister of Defense Chen answered that future civilian cross-strait (or “cross-state”, depending on your party) direct flights between Commie China and Taiwan, can’t and won’t pass through the ROCAF R8 training area north of Taiwan.

Adjustments at Taiwanese airports shared by civilians and ROC military, such as Song Shan AP, are also studied.

] It appears a whole bunch of aircraft from India has flown in for the Zhuhai air show.

That’s that Indian aero demo team.

October 30, 2008 at 12:39 am in reply to: Japanese Aerospace fading giant or reviving monster? #2498882

Don Chan
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http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ktbmwm3/GALLERY/gallery.html?fid=0&p=1

Its gallery thumbnails have more photos of experimental missiles and pods carried by F-2s and F-15s at Gifu AB.

October 28, 2008 at 10:21 am in reply to: Japan says it was Tu-95 bomber that violated its air space #2499931

Don Chan
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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20081028-00000095-jij-pol

JASDF announced: in the first half of 2008, they scrambled 106 times, which is 60 times fewer than the same period of 2007, possibly because of the Si Chuan earthquake and Bei Jing Olympics.
No bogey intruded Japanese air space.

WRT countries, Russia had 99 times (23 fewer times), Taiwan 2 times (1 fewer time), China 1 time (37 fewer times), South Korea plus USA had 4 times (1 more time).

October 28, 2008 at 4:44 am in reply to: South Korea – ROKAF. Photo Achieve #2500041

Don Chan
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Can’t read/understand Korean (OK, I’m not perfect).

http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=12&articleid=2008090102593074510&newssetid=82
http://kr.img.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=KF-16&b=151&imgseq=152&oid=6_2008090102593074510_44081203&subtype=Image_DB&target=detail&top=frame

ROKAF, 20th FW, first KF-16 female pilot Captain HA Jeong Mi (29) and ROKAF aircraft mechanic Sergeant First Class YI In Deuk (30) were married on 30 August 2008.

(Obviously, will someone who can read Korean, fill in the blanks, and verify their ranks?)
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