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Flight Check Squadron (飛行点検隊, hikoutenkentai) is a unit of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Iruma Air Base in Saitama Prefecture north of Tokyo. Under the authority of Air Support Command,cite-ref-1[1] it operates YS-11FC and U-125 aircraft.cite-ref-2[2] Prior to the U-125 the unit operated Mitsubishi MU-2 aircraft.cite-ref-3[3]

On April 6 2016 a U-125 aircraft operated by the unit crashed near Kanoya Air Base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in Kagoshima Prefecture, with all six crew members being killed. It had been checking the base's air navigation aid system.cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5]cite-ref-6[6]cite-ref-7[7]

In 2021 the YS-11FCs and the lost U-125 will be replaced with three Cessna Citation Latitude 680A aircraft.cite-ref-8[8]

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cite-note-11. ↑ "JASDF Primary Air Unit Order of Battle". J-HangarSpace. January 1, 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-23.

cite-note-22. ↑ Iruma Air Base homepage: Unit & Operation Archived 2014-10-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 22, 2017 (in Japanese)

cite-note-33. ↑ JASDF's other fixed-wing aircraft Retrieved January 22, 2016

cite-note-44. ↑ ASDF jet disappears from radar over southwestern Japan April 6, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017

cite-note-55. ↑ Yoshida, Reiji Bodies of four ASDF jet crewmen found; search for remaining two, wreckage ongoing April 7, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017

cite-note-66. ↑ Bodies of last two ASDF airmen recovered from cliff in Kagoshima April 8, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved January 22, 2017

cite-note-77. ↑ ASN Accident Report Raytheon U-125 (Hawker 800) 49-3043 Kanoya Air Base Aviation Safety Network Retrieved January 23, 2017

cite-note-88. ↑ Thompson, Paul JASDF Aircraft Profiles J-HangarSpace Retrieved January 22, 2016

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