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Tsuiki Air Field

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
55 ft / 17 m

2,400
  
7,874

Phone
  
+81 930-56-1150

Location
  
Tsuiki, Japan

07/25
  
2,400

Elevation
  
55 m

Tsuiki Air Field

Operator
  
Japan Air Self-Defense Force

Address
  
Japan, 〒829-0151 福岡県築上郡築上町西八田

Similar
  
Tsuiki Station, メタセの杜物産館, Unoshima Station, Shiida Station

Tsuiki Air Field (築城飛行場, Tsuiki Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJFZ) is a military aerodrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Airbase (築城基地, Tsuiki Kichi). It is located in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

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Units

Western Air Defense Force
  • 8th Air Wing
  • 6SQ (F-2A/B)
  • 8SQ (F-2A/B)
  • 2nd Air Defence Missile Group
  • 7th Fire Unit
  • History

    Tsuiki Airfield was originally built by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force during World War II. The airfield was attacked by USAAF Fifth Air Force B-24 Liberator and A-26 Invader bombers on 7 August 1945, largely destroying the base and incapacitating the airfield for operational use.

    Not rebuilt in the immediate postwar era, the old IJAAF airfield was pressed into use during the early days of the Korean War, when the United States Air Force 8th Fighter Group moved F-51 Mustangs to Tsuiki in mid-August 1950 for operations over the South Korean Pusan Perimeter. When airfields became available in South Korea, the unit moved to Suwon AB (K-13) to conduct ground support operations.

    In addition, the 35th Fighter Group, one of the first USAF units deployed to South Korea, pulled out of the line for F-51 replacement aircraft and personnel R&R at Tsuiki in mid-August. In October, it returned to the South Korean battlefield, moving with the 8th FG to Suwon AB.

    After its reactivation, Tsuiki Air Base became a second-line USAF facility for the remainder of the Korean War, hosting several weather squadrons, with the 6169th Air Base Squadron being the main host support unit, and supervising construction of new runways and support buildings. After the combat in Korea ended in 1953, it remained a reserve base until being returned to Japanese control in June 1957.

    References

    Tsuiki Air Field Wikipedia