Japan Air Self Defence Force Order of Battle
| Major units of the ASDF are the Air Defense Command, Flight Support Command, Flying Training Command, Air Developing and Proving Command, and Air Matériel Command. The Flight Support Command is responsible for direct support of operational forces in rescue, transportation, control, weather monitoring, and inspection. The Flying Training Command is responsible for basic flying and technical training. The Air Developing and Proving Command, in addition to overseeing equipment research and development, is also responsible for research and development in such areas as flight medicine. The Air Defense Command has northern, central, and western regional headquarters located at Misawa, Iruma, and Kasuga, respectively, and the Southwestern Composite Air Division based at Naha on Okinawa. All four regional headquarters control surface-to-air missile units of both the ASDF and the GSDF located in their respective areas. |
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| Chief of Staff, ASDF | ||||
| Air Staff Office | ||||
| Air Defense Command | ||||
| Airborne Early Warning Group | Misawa | |||
| Tactical Reconnaissance Group | Hyakuri | |||
| Northern Air Defense Force | ||||
 | Headquarters, Northern Air Defense Force | Misawa | ||
| 2nd Air Wing | Chitose | |||
| 3rd Air Wing | Misawa | |||
| Northern Aircraft Control & Warning Wing | Misawa | |||
| 3rd Air Defense Missile Group | Chitose | |||
| 6th Air Defense Missile Group | Misawa | |||
| 1st Base Air Defense Group | Chitose | |||
| Central Air Defense Force | ||||
 | Headquarters, Central Air Defense Force | Iruma | ||
| 6th Air Wing | Komatsu | |||
| 7th Air Wing | Hyakuri | |||
| Central Aircraft Control & Warning Wing | Iruma | |||
| 1st Air Defense Missile Group | Iruma | |||
| 4th Air Defense Missile Group | Gifu | |||
| Western Air Defense Force | ||||
 | Headquarters, Western Air Defense Force | Kasuga | ||
| 5th Air Wing | Nyutabaru | |||
| 8th Air Wing | Tsuiki | |||
| Western Aircraft Control & Warning Wing | Kasuga | |||
| 2nd Air Defense Missile Group | Kasuga | |||
| Southwestern Composite Air Division | ||||
 | Headquarters, Southwestern Composite Air Division | Naha | ||
| 83rd Air Wing | Naha | |||
| Southwestern Aircraft Control and Warning Wing | Naha | |||
| 5th Air Defense Missile Group | Naha | |||
| Air Support Command | ||||
| Headquarters, Air Support Command | Fuchu | |||
| Air Rescue Wing | Iruma | |||
| 1st Tactical Airlift Group | Komaki | |||
| 2nd Tactical Airlift Group | Iruma | |||
| 3rd Tactical Airlift Group | Miho | |||
| Air Traffic Control Service Group | Iruma | |||
| Air Weather Service Group | Fuchu | |||
| Flight Check Squadron | Iruma | |||
| Special Airlift Group | Chitose | |||
| Air Training Command | ||||
| 1st Air Wing | Hamamatsu | |||
| 4th Air Wing | Matsushima | |||
| 11th Flying Training Wing | Shizuhama | |||
| 12th Flying Training Wing | Hofu-Kita | |||
| 13th Flying Training Wing | Ashiya | |||
| Air Basic Training Wing | Hofu-Minami | |||
| Air Training Aids Group | Hamamatsu | |||
| Air Officer Candidate School | Nara | |||
| 1st Technical School | Hamamatsu | |||
| 2nd Technical School | Hamamatsu | |||
| 3rd Technical School | Ashiya | |||
| 4th Technical School | Kumagaya | |||
| 5th Technical School | Komaki | |||
| Air Development and Test Command | ||||
| Headqurters,Air Development and Test Command | Iruma | |||
| Air Development and Test Wing | Gifu | |||
| Electronics Development and Test Group | Iruma | |||
| Aeromedical Laboratory | Tachikawa | |||
| Other units and organizations | ||||
| Air Staff College | Meguro | |||
| Air Material Command Headquarters | Jujou | |||
| 1st Air Depot | Kisarazu | |||
| 2nd Air Depot | Gifu | |||
| 3rd Air Depot | Iruma | |||
| 4th Air Depot | Iruma | |||
| Misawa SDF Hospital | Misawa | |||
| Gifu SDF Hospital | Gifu | |||
| Naha SDF Hospital | Naha | |||
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