Today, it is the headquarter of Fleet Air Wing 1 with its P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft ( and the P-1 since July 2019 ), UH-60J search and rescue helicopter, as well as TH-135 and SH-60 training squadrons.
Due to its southerly latitude and its proximity to the southern seas, Kanoya Air Base was extensively used for Kamikaze operations in the closing days of World War II. Kanoya is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture located in the remote south-eastern part of Kyushu Island.
The Sasebo museum deals with surface warfare, the Kure museum deals with undersea warfare and the Kanoya museum with naval aviation. Needless to say, I DNF.įortunately, the skies cleared the next morning and I took the opportunity to visit Japan Maritime Self Defense Force's ( JMSDF ) Kanoya Air Base Museum which is only about 60km from Kirishima City. JMSDF has in total three museums catering to different aspects of naval warfare in Kyushu and Honshu. The weather was so severe that the course had to be shortened and the race terminated prematurely for many participants. I was in Kyushu in July for a trail run in the mountains of the Kirishima-Kinowan National Park amidst the torrential rain brought by Typhoon Danas.
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