Medium Transport Helicopter for JGSDF replacing KV-107/II-4 & A-4 beginning 1986; 34 CH-47J deliveries, all current, 22 CH-47JA delivered from 1998, 1 write off. 
News |
Japanese Chinook on USS America for Noble Fusion
10-Feb-22 - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) CH-47JA Chinook helicopters completed landing procedures aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during Exercise Noble Fusion in the East China Sea #NobleFusion
Dawn Blitz 2015 at Camp Pendleton
05-Sep-15 - U.S., Japan, Mexico and New Zealand training large-scale amphibious landing during Dawn Blitz 2015 off the coast of Camp Pendleton, California. Australia, Chile and Colombia are acting as observers.
US/Japan Disaster Response Exercise in Okinawa
05-Sep-15 - USAF 18th Wing participated for the first time in a bilateral disaster response exercise alongside Japan Self-Defense Forces and the Okinawa Prefectural Government at Atta Port Units |
| Years | Units | Base |
|---|---|---|
| 2010- | 15 Hikotai | Naha |
| 1990/10 | 101 Hikotai | Naha |
| 1988- | 103 Hikotai | Kisarazu |
| 1988- | 104 Hikotai | Kisarazu |
| 1988- | 105 Hikotai | Kisarazu |
| 1988- | 106 HIkotai | Kisarazu |
