Fuchū Air Base
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Fuchu Air Base (府中基地, Fuchū Kichi) is a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) base located in Fuchū, Tokyo. It was originally an Imperial Japanese Army base from 1940 to 1945. After the Japanese surrender it was occupied by US forces and became a US military base known as Fuchu Air Station.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces started operating at the base in 1957, and it was also the first headquarters of the United States Forces Japan from 1957 to 1974, when the headquarters moved to Yokota Air Base.
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