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【How much do you know about the self defense force?】

《How should be the Minister of defense? 》

Shinzo Abe who was then the Prime Minister did the cabinet reshuffle August in 2017, and each of Ministers changed then, especially the post on the Minister of Defense was paid attention, for Tomomi Inada who was then the Minister of Defense was forced to resign before the Cabinet reshuffle.

Then the self defense force was dispatched to the South Sudan. Qualities are in question on taking responsibility, handling what is called 日報問題, she resigned from the post.

Speaking of the…

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【How much do you know about the Self Defense Force?】

Speaking of the Minister of Defense Force, it has to fulfill the important duty of commanding the self defense force and taking care of national defense.

How should be the Minister of Defense? We were forced to rethink it then.

『Supplement, what is called 日報問題』

Then the Self Defense Force was dispatched to Iraq or South Sudan, and its daily report was written, but the Self Defense Force and the Ministry of Defense hid it from the Japanese nation.

《The real ability on the self defense force which defends Japan which we should recognize》

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《The real ability on the self defense force which defends Japan. We should recognize it just now》

We can’t be relieved on the international situation around Japan like a missile from the North Korea, or Russia, though when the book was written, Russia didn’t invade Ukraine.

So there is a theme which I want lots of people to know, it’s the self defense force which defends Japan, said the author like that.

The self defense force which is the cornerstone on the national defense. Its rank on the military force is seven in the world. It’s amazing. What is an equipment on the self defense …

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【How much do you know about the self defense force?】

《The real ability on the self defense force which defends our nation. We should recognize it at present》

How is the equipment on the self defense force of the land, sea or air like its weapon? What is its role and mission? How is scramble which is an emergency call done? Local coverage was done so as to know the real ability on the self defense force.

Moreover, is the self defense force the existence which is contradictory for the Japanese constitution? Following the history when the self defense force was born so as to solve the question

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《The real ability on the self defense force which defends our nation. We should recognize at present》

The author said he was going to interpret the intention on America for the self defense force in Japan.

It’s the threat from the North Korea which the self defense force has confronted. Has the day when North Korea launches the missile to Japan come? It’s no more than ten minutes at most that the missile reaches Japan. How does the self defense force intercept the missile and defend our nation in such the short time?

It should never has been done, but we have to prepare for the day.

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We need to prepare for the X day when being attacked by missile just in case. Then what happens in Japan? It’s just some ten minutes until the missile reaches Japan. The author said he is going to explain the ten minutes on North Korea versus the self defense force in a complete simulation in chapter six. It’s at the end of the book.

【Basic knowledge on the self defense force which is the pivot on the national defense. Ignorant is no excuse】

《The self defense force which is the biggest and the strongest organization in Japan》

If Japan is attacked from other countries, the U.S army should…

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《The self defense force which is the biggest and the strongest organization in Japan》

…the U.S.Army should protect Japan from it because there is the security treaty between Japan and America. Some people may have thought like that, but it’s in the wrong. The one which takes the field at first is the self defense force. The one which protects Japan is the self defense force and after that America helps it.

How does the self defense force defends our country? The author said he was going to express the most basic thing. How many are there the self defense forces which defends Japan?

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【Basic knowledge on the self defense force which is the pivot on defending nation. Ignorance is no excuse】

《The self defense force is the biggest and the strongest organization in Japan》

Roughly speaking, the whole number on the self defense force is some two hundred twenty four thousand and some thirteen thousand is woman.

The self defense force is a special position in the government office. Speaking of the special position in the government office, Prime Minister, Minister of State, Commissioner of the Imperial Household Agency, 宮内庁長官, the Great Chamberlain 侍従長 and a judge are.

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【Basic knowledge on the self defense force which is the pivot on national defense. Ignorance is no excuse】

《The self defense force is the biggest and the strongest organization in Japan》

In short, it means that the self defense force is the same position as those people. Going to various schools and receiving education and training and graduating from the school so as to be the member in the self defense force.

Then when being the member of the self defense force, it has to swear an oath on its service. It’s been fixed on the law of the self defense force. After signing and sealing and…

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《The self defense force is the biggest and the strongest organization in Japan》

After signing and sealing signature at the end of the paper, it belongs to the self defense force formally. The latter part on the oath which we should paid attention. It’s expressed like the next.

Without thinking of danger to itself, doing its best for the nation.

After the oath, it‘s assigned to either Ground defense force, Maritime one, or Air one.

【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《What is the major five bases on the Maritime Self Defense Force?》

The Maritime Self Defense Force plays a role of…

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【The maritime self defense force】

《What is the major five bases on the Maritime Self Defense Force?》

The Maritime Self Defense Force plays an important role of shooting down a ballistic missile not only on the sea but from the air and from the outer space. A base and security post has been established in fifty areas in Japan and more than forty two thousand of members of the Self Defense Forces are located in total, especially in five major bases are Yokosuka, Sasebo, Kure, Maizuru, and Ominato.

Those five bases split the job into tasks among areas, defending as the center on each area.

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《What is the major five bases on the Maritime Self Defense Force? 》

The five major bases have been taken over from the former Japanese navy rather than were decided after the World War Second newly. The bases are in natural good ports, in short the waves are calm and the water is deep, so a gigantic ship can get to the shore.

The former navy established the base in the good natural ports and the Maritime Self Defense Force has taken over. Those bases have been used more than a hundred years and historical ones.

《Yokosuka, which is the most important…》

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Yokosuka, which is the most important base on defending the sea》

What kind of features does each of the five major bases?

33 warships have been deployed in the base at Yokosuka in Kanagawa prefecture at present. Escort ships which are comparatively bigger ships and submarines are deployed. The escort ship has missile and torpedo.

The base is nearest to Tokyo which is the capital in Japan and has function as headquarters, so is located as the most important base in Japan on defending the sea.

Various warships for special mission have been deployed.

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Yokosuka, which is the most important base on defending the Japanese sea》

For example,Hashidate which is an auxiliary boat. Speaking of the auxiliary boat, almost none of people have heard of it. When inviting both of Japanese and foreign guests and holding a ceremony on the sea, being on board on the auxiliary boat, and watching the ceremony there, so the auxiliary boat is called a guest house for VIPs on the sea.

Shirase which is a icebreaker is famous for Antarctic observation and its home port is also Yokosuka.

《Kure which has the most ability on…》

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Kure, which is the most ability for mooring》

Forty four warships have been deployed in Kure which is in Hiroshima prefecture at present. Kure has the most ability on mooring among the five bases, so it can moor lots of warships there.

Speaking of Kure, Warship Yamato occurs to everyone. There used to be a shipbuilding factory which is proud of technical skill on shipbuilding in the world, and the Warship Yamato was built there. Kure base is the place where the Warship Yamato was born.

Kaga which is the escort ship loading helicopter became a popular …

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Kure which is the most ability on mooring》

Kaga which is the escort ship loading helicopters became a popular topic of conversation. It was built March in 2017. The cost on building is some one hundred twenty billion yen. Its biggest feature is its whole length is 248 meters. It’s the biggest escort ship in the Maritime Self Defense Force, though it’s smaller than the Warship Yamato a little.

The height on the first building of the Tokyo Metropolitan is 243 meters. It’s lower than the Kaga by five meters. We can imagine as if the first building on the….

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Kure, which is the most ability on mooring》

We can imagine as if the first building on the Tokyo Metropolitan lay down on the sea and moved on there.

There are five spots on helicopters for departure and arrival on the enormous deck and Kaga can load more than fourteen helicopters.

The rest of three on the five major bases which are the center on the Maritime Self Defense Force is Sasebo, which is the defense stronghold in the southern west area, Maizuru, which is the front base on the Japan Sea, and Ominato, which is the defense site on the north area.

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Three missions on the Maritime Self Defense Force》

The Maritime Self Defense Force composed of forty thousand members has missions. First, the activity for the global cooperation, and the one which is more important than anything is defending out nation and protecting maritime traffic.

When being invaded from foreign countries, preparing for the threat from the sea and from the sky. It’s defending our nation. Moreover protecting maritime traffic means supporting Japanese economy. Japan has imported lots of things from other countries on the sea.

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Three missions on the Maritime Self Defense Force》

More than 90% on the imports has been done on the sea, and if it stops, Japanese economy is forced to receive serious damage, so guarding civilian ships so as to be sent various materials to Japan safely and absolutely. It’s one of important missions on the Maritime Self Defense Force.

For example, the measure against pirates learned to be conducted off the coast of Somalia in Africa and Middle East from 2009, and the Maritime Self Defense Force was dispatched then. The off the coast of Somalia is far…

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《Three missions on the Maritime Self Defense Force》

The off of the coast of Somalia is far away from Japan, but it is said no less than 1600 ships which are related to Japan a year. Dispatching the Maritime Self Defense Force is important guarding on the sea traffic for Japan, so it’s the job on the Maritime Self Defense Force.

Then escort ships and patrol plane were dispatched in order to guard private vessels. The patrol plane is deployed on the base of Air Force belonging to the Maritime Self Defense Force. Various maintenance has been done there.

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【The Maritime Self Defense Force】

《The patrol plane which warns and does surveillance activity and collecting information》

The patrol plane is alert and watching foreign submarines and warships from the sky, watching whether or not there is a suspicious ship on the sea from the sky.

The patrol plane has played a role on collecting information at the actual spot. When natural disaster breaks out, for example, taking a picture on the situation of the tidal wave from the sky. Or when an accident happens, rescuing people.

《How do they watch on the sea from the sky?》

How is the watch done…

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【Maritime Self Defense force】

《How do they watch on the sea from the sky? 》

How do they watch on the sea from the sky? The author listened to the member on the Self Defense Force who was engaged in the patrol plane actually like the next.

There are radars on the patrol plane, the one is at the front and the other is on the back. As combining two of them together and making them operate with nice timing, and it looks as if it rotated in the plane as we imagine.

The radars have ability for looking for the periscope on the submarine on the sea. Without having the ability, the patrol plane...

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

《How do they watch on the sea from the sky? 》

Without having the ability, the patrol plane can't accomplish its mission. Needless to say, it can detect the ship moving on the sea.

Actually there is one more thing hidden on the front part. It opens and a camera for infrared radiation and it appears in the sky when flying.

When flying on the sea midnight, it's pitch-black as if there was nothing there, and even if there are some clouds, we can't see it at all, for it's so pitch-black, therefore, the camera for infrared radiation is indispensable, and there is...

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

《How do they watch on the sea from the sky? 》

Except for the radar for watching and the camera of infrared radiation, there is one more special device. There is a place for bomb on the fuselage. It's lower part on the front.

When issuing activity on guarding on the sea for the Maritime Defense Force for the first time, the bomb will be dropped on the suspicious ship in front of the patrol plane so as to prevent it from escaping. Needless to say, it doesn't intend to hit the bomb on the suspicious ship.

It was March in 1999 when the suspicious ship appeared...

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

《How do they watch on the sea from the sky?》

It was March in 1999 when the suspicious ship appears off the coast of Noto peninsula. Then the activity on guarding on the sea was issued for the first time, and the patrol plane flying from Hatinohe dropped a bomb in order to obstruct the course of the suspicious ship moved.

Even if it’s the patrol plane, it’s in the front, so it had to stop the suspicious ship then.

《It has outstanding ability on detecting submarine》

The patrol plane flies every day so as to watch on the sea. How does it watch actually?

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

《It has outstanding ability on detecting submarine》

The author accompanied the training of formation flying by two patrol planes. When finding out the ship on the sea, the patrol plane approached the ship and took a picture on it. Then the patrol plane recognizes what kind of ship it is.

There is only one place on the flat window, and the picture is taken there, for other windows are curved, so when taking picture, the picture looks distorted, but only one window is flat, so taking picture is easily done there, though it’s just several seconds.

Gunpowder is…

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

《It has outstanding ability on detecting submarine》

Gunpowder is attached to a sonobuoy and the sonobuoy is ejected from the patrol plane. It jumps out exploding.

When flying, the patrol plane can find out the submarine which sails under water. It has the most outstanding features on the patrol plane. The sonobuoy drops on the sea, and it finds out the submarine with the signal issuing into the sea from the sonobuoy.

The troop which the patrol plane belongs to has an excessive ability on finding out the submarine. It is said its ability is renowned as the..

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

It is said its ability on finding out the submarine is renowned as the best in the world.

《Tidal wave which surged forward on the coast was taken picture from the patrol plane in the great earthquake in Fukushima prefecture in 2011》

The patrol plane has played one more important role. When a disaster breaks out, it flies earlier and grasps the condition, and sends the information.

The image on which the tidal wave surged forward the coast all at once was released when the great earthquake broke out in Fukushima prefecture in 2011. The image was taken from…

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

The image was taken from the patrol plane belonged to the Maritime Self Defense-Force then from the actual spot above the sky.

When other various natural disaster breaks out, the patrol plane watches from the sky and protects our life.

《Fishing boat or pirates? How does the patrol plane recognize it?》

The author said he used to be board on the patrol plane which was dispatched to off the coast of Somalia. Then the member on the Maritime Self Defense-Force looked down on the surface of the sea and took the picture. Why did he do it?

The pirates which appear…

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

《Pirates or fishing boat? How does the patrol plane recognize it? 》

Pirates which appear and disappear off the coast of Somalia never show the flag on pirates like skull and crossbones. When approaching, it pretends to be fishermen.

If assuming they’re fishermen and being careless, they get in a tanker or in a cargo ship and brings the ships under their control. The patrol plane has to make sure whether they are pirates or fishermen before the piracy is done, so the patrol plane approaches from the sky and takes a picture then.

As it’s digital camera, the…

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

《Pirates of fishermen? How does the patrol plane recognize it?》

As it’s a digital camera, the photo is magnified at once in the plane, so being able to judge whether it’s fishermen or pirates is done at once.

There is an illustration on a boat on which several people are board. The people who were on board on the ship aren’t so many, so they look fishermen, but a thing which we should pay attention is the part on the boat from the center to the front part.

There is a thing like a ladder covered with cloth. Do the fishermen need the ladder?

The deck on the…

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【Maritime on Self Defense-Force】

《Pirates or fishermen? How does the patrol plane recognize it?》

The deck on the tanker and the cargo ship is so high that without using the ladder, they can’t get in them from the fishing boat.

In short, is there the ladder or not? The patrol plane can judge from it whether they are pirates or fishermen.

When making sure from the patrol plane and they think the fishing boat is suspicious, they contact at once, then a warships nearby belong to other countries or an escort ship which belongs to Maritime Self Defense-Force comes there at once.

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【Maritime Self Defense-Force】

《They make it a rule to eat curry rice every Friday》

Members on Maritime Self Defense-Force continues being on board ship or submarine for a long time, so they find it hard to recognize sometimes, what day of the week is it today?

So they make it a rule to eat curry rice absolutely once a week, every Friday, and recover the sense on the day of the week. It’s what is called the curry in the navy, and is the tradition from the former navy. Each of the bases competes its tastes each other.

The curry on each base has its own feature, and each of them has…

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

…and each of the bases has insisted that it’s the No.1

《Special Boarding Unit which is the strongest troop in the Maritime Self Defense-Force, It’s covered with mysterious veil》

There is the troop on which the information has never almost been released on the Maritime Self Defense-Force. It’s the Special Boarding Unit. Every member is armed heavily. What kind of troop is it?

It seldom takes the center stage, but the author got valuable image in which they trained. Its main duty is getting in a suspicious ship which seems to load weapon and illegal materials.

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

Then on the spot site inspection 立ち入り検索 or disarmament is done. Except for them, none of information has never released.

In the training, the special boarding unit which came from the sea on the boat and got in the ship which makes it resemble the suspicious boat and caught the suspicious man.

It is said the special boarding unit has been established, using navy seals which is elite force in the U.S Navy or SBS in the British Navy as reference.

The badge on the troop is a bat and a scorpion is under the bat. Two of them are combined and the badge is formed.

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【Maritime Self Defense Force】

The special boarding unit is called Ninja in the sea or the troop made of the black bat.

【The Air Self Defense-Force】

《Komatsu base which is one of seven major bases and fighter units are deployed there》

The Air Self Defense Force which defends the sky over Japan has seventy three sub bases in the whole Japan and more than forty thousand members have been deployed there in total, especially the bases which lots of fighters have been deployed is seven ones, Chitose, Misawa, Hyakuri, Komatsu, Nyutabaru, Tsuiki, and Naha.

How marvelous is the Air Self…

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【The Air Self Defense Self-Force】

《Komatsu base which is one of seven major bases and fighter units are deployed there》

How marvelous Komatsu base is actually, the author permitted to interview Komatsu base where fighter units are deployed this time. A woman announcer who belonged to Fuji TV accompanied to the interview. The surrounding on the Komatsu base is like the next.

The north is the sea, and the runway runs through from the east to west, and it’s between the Komatsu airport where private airport departs and arrives is on the side of the sea, and the Komatsu base on the Air Self…

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【Air Self Defense Force】

《Komatsu base which is one of seven major bases fighter units are deployed there》

…and Komatsu base on the Air Self Defense Force is on the side of the land. Needless to say, not only private plane departs and arrives at the runway but the planes belong to the Air Self Defense Force use the same runway, though few people seems to know it unexpectedly.

《The Self Defense Force has controlled the operation on private planes as well》

Komatsu air traffic control has managed airplane operation and the author and woman announcer went into the control room.

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【Air Self Defense Force】

《The Air Self Defense Force has controlled the operation on private planes as well》

The two of them went into the control room which is the center of the air traffic control. The control room issues directions to airplanes which are engaged in the Air Self Defense-Force to depart and to arrive.

What kind of things does the member on the Air Self Defense Force do?

The airplane moves on the taxi way 誘導路, and it’s called taxing. The first one on the right guides the airplane on the land until right before the runway. Then a private plane moved out of the runway.

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《The Air Self Defense-Force has controlled the operation on the private airplanes as well》

The direction was issued from the one on the right most.

Komatsu air traffic control has been in charge of not only the planes belong to the Air Self Defense Force but of private planes. The airport controlled by the Self Defense-Force are seven in the whole Japan, including Komatsu, and it’s also unknown unexpectedly,

《A helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

It’s the Komatsu rescue team where the two of them were…

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《A helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

It’s the Komatsu rescue team where the two of them were guided in the next. The rescue team is dispatched to the place where the disaster broke out, searching for and rescue people who got stranded in the mountain and the ones who got lost in the sea, and transferring emergency patients from an isolated island, according to demands.

There is a jet plane for searching of which speed is fast, so when being in accident and being unable to contact to the one who came…

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【Air Self Defense Force】

《A helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

…so when being in accident and being unable to contact the one who came across the disaster, searching for it by using the jet plane. At first looking for the actual spot where the disaster broke out.

After making sure the actual spot, the Jet plane guides the helicopter and the helicopter rescues the one who came across the disaster, putting down the ladder from the helicopter and rescuing the people.

As there are hooks on the helicopter, and being able to set a wire.

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《A helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

When stopping in the air at the place where the disaster broke out, opening door and the ladder is put down. We often have watched the scene on TV. The ladder is used for lifesaving.

When going down with a single rope alone in the middle of the strong wind or horrible flood disaster, aren’t you scared of it? The author asked, and the member on the Air Self Defense-Force answered like the next.

We’ve trained for it, so we can do it, keeping us cool, so it’s no problem.

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《A helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

In addition, the helicopter for the rescue has a big feature. There are fuel tanks on the both sides of the helicopter, for it has to move for a long time, so two of tanks are indispensable, but even if having two of the fuel tanks, sometimes the fuel runs out, and then the slender pipe attaching to the helicopter plays an active role.

When having interview, the slender pipe looks short, but its tip stretches long, and refueling airplane refuels the helicopter in the air

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《An helicopter which plays an active role on disaster relief and being able to refuel in the air》

When refueling in the air, if approaching the helicopter, being bumped into the propeller on the helicopter, for it rotates in the air. The slender pipe is stretched in the air and refuels so as to avoid being collide with the propeller.

《The elite force in the air. The mark on the tactical fighter training group is cobra》

In the next there is the tactical fighter training group which is called elite force in the sky, and its nickname is aggressor troop.

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《The elite force in the sky. The mark on the tactical training group is a cobra》

The aggressor troop goes around the fighter units on the whole Japan through a year and performs a part of enemy aircraft in the training. Its duty is directing the battle against fighters, and is the group which has uncommon ability.

The paint on the fighters belong to the aggressor troop is different from others altogether and characteristic paint is done each of airframes, for they usually performs the part of enemy aircraft, the people in the fighter units need to recognize it…

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《Elite force in the sky. The mark on the tactical training group is a cobra》

…the member in the fighter units need to recognize the enemy aircraft visually at ease, so the color on the airframes on the aggressor troop are different.

There is a patch on the breast of the uniform, and it’s a skull. When the unit has been established, they thought there is no white flag on the battle. If losing the battle, they become the skull, they have thought like that as a lesson.

There is other patch on the right arm. It’s a king cobra. It has poison which kills others easily.

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【Air Self Defense-Force】

《Elite force in the sky. The mark on the tactical training group is a cobra》

The cobra has high intelligence extremely, and it has marks at the back of the head as if they were eyes, and the pilots on the fighters make much of the marks. Not neglecting vigilance for backward and make sure of backward. The cobra has been adopted with the three meanings.

Each of units has its own marks, and its design is changed with each of the units.

《The fighters prepare for airspace violation around the clock》

306 air squadron belongs to the Komatsu base and fighters are used.

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【Air Self Defense Force】

《Fighters have prepared for the measure on the airspace violation around the clock》

It's main task is counducting the airspace violation representing what is called scramble.

What is the measure on the airspace violation?

Fighters take off with a rapid emergency to a aircraft which has fear of violating nationa airspace, what is called a scramble.

Fighters make sure the nation to which the aircraft belongs to, and what kind of the aircraft it is at first, and watch the activity on the aircraft, if there is the fear that it goes into the airspace on Japan, then...

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【Air Self Defense Force】

《Fighters have prepared for the measure on the airspace violation around the clock》

...then a notification is done, but when it's ignored and the moment the aircraft goes into the airspace, it becomes the one which violates the airspace, and the notification and warning are still done then by fighters belong to the Air Self Defense Force.

Air Self Defense Force has always get ready for the time when something unusal happens, and fighters have prepared for it around the clock.

《The secret on equipment which the pilot for fighters puts on》

When the scramble is...

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