Matsushima Air Field

Matsushima Air Field
松島飛行場
Matsushima Hikōjō
IATA: none – ICAO: RJST
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Location Matsushima, Japan
Elevation AMSL 7 ft / 2 m
Coordinates 38°24′11″N 141°12′43″E / 38.40306°N 141.21194°E / 38.40306; 141.21194Coordinates: 38°24′11″N 141°12′43″E / 38.40306°N 141.21194°E / 38.40306; 141.21194
Map
RJST

Location in Japan

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
07/25 2,700 8,858 Concrete
15/33 1,500 4,921 Concrete
Source: Japanese AIP at AIS Japan[1]

Matsushima Air Field (松島飛行場 Matsushima Hikōjō) (ICAO: RJST) is a military aerodrome of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force　Matsushima Airbase (松島基地 Matsushima Kichi). It is located 6.6 NM (12.2 km; 7.6 mi) west[1] of Ishinomaki in the Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

In 1971 an F-86F fighter jet from this base collided with All Nippon Airways Flight 58, causing 162 deaths. During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the base was flooded with seawater, and eighteen F-2Bs belonging to 21st Squadron, as well as other aircraft, were damaged or destroyed.[2][3]

Units

Senior Airman Ramon Mortensen looks at damaged F-2 aircraft after landing 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

References

  1. 1 2 AIS Japan
  2. ↑ "Massive Tsunami Submerges Towns, Washes Away Houses, Cars". Nikkei. March 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/03/earthquake-devastates-japan-f-.html

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