Iruma Air Base, located in both Sayama city and Iruma city, Saitama prefecture, is the largest base of JASDF with 18 units and 4,300 members.
Iruma Air Show is held annually in 3rd November from 1962.
There seems to be more than 200,000 people. Aircraft lined up in the distance are Blue Impulse, the aerobatics demonstration team.
Symbol colors of the Blue Impulse are white and blue.
3rd-generation model of Blue Impulse is T-4. 6 aircraft formation
Maximum speed;Mach 0.9, practical upper limit;15,000 m, maximum cruising distance;1,300 km.
The formal name of Blue Impulse is 11 squadron 4th Air Wing in Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi prefecture.
T-400 Trainer aircraft, a class of aircraft to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews.
E-2C Airborne early-warning aircraft
U-4 Multi-purpose support aircraft
YS-11FC Flight Inspection Aircraft
T-4 Subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft
The same model as Blue Impulse
C-130H Military transport aircraft
P-3C Anti-submarine patrol aircraft
F-2B Multirole fighter
RF-4E Reconnaissance aircraft
F-2 Multirole fighter
C-1 Military transport aircraft
OH-1 Scout/observation helicopter
CH-47J Transport helicopter
UH-60J Search and rescue helicopter
Missile launcher
Radar for guiding missiles toward targets
The aerobatics by Blue Impulse
video (2 min 39 sec) The aerobatics by Blue Impulse
End of JASDF Iruma Air Show. return to List of scenic sites visited
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