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Because of the earthquake of Chile, huge Tsunami(Max. 3 m) is expected to strike all over the Japanese Pacific coast.
It is 1015am now in Japan, and the tsunami will come about 1300-1600.
If it brings huge disasters in Japan, the openhouse days in Apr. and May. will be cancelled.
Please check the news yourself and think your travel plan.
For the travelers who are now in Japan, DO NOT go to the coast-line Today!
I think the traffic jams will starts soon at around the coast-line.
13-14 Mar. 0930-1530, Static display of the F-2 and F-15 at JASDF Museum at hamamtsu.
04 Apr. JGSDF Camp komakado
11 Apr. JGSDF Camp Takigahara
17 Apr. JMSDF Atsugi, Experince-flights for the invited people.
You will be able to see 3 or 4 P-3Cs at the end of the R/W from about 1000 to 1500.
18 Apr. JGSDF Camp Itazuma
*Max. 1.2 m high Tsunami came to Japan and wetted some areas and houses yesterday.
At least 2 RF-4Es, one P-3C, and some UH-1s had flight at that time.
I expect that those a/c will come to;
JGSDF Kita-Utsunomiya: UH-1H/J, UH-60JA, OH-1, OH-6D, CH-46D, AH-1S, AH-64D, LR-2
T-7, T-400, U-125 and some civil a/cs.
JMSDF Kanoya: P-3C, OH-6D, MH-53D, T-5, YS-11M or T, U-36, US-2, UP-3D, TH-135, SH-60J/K, UH-60J
C-1, C-130H, T-4, U-4, U-125, AH-1S, OH-1 and some civil a/cs.
*I'm now living near JGSDF Kisarazu but soon I move to Fukuoka.
Sorry, I don't want to exchange my e-mail address to anyone, because I have no news sources of my own. I only translate and tell you some Japanese web-site.
Hi Tom,
T-400 and U-125 were often came to the JMSDF Tokushima O.H..
Those a/cs were often displayed;
P-3C, TC-90, SH-60J/K, UH-60J, US-1/2, YS-11M/T, UH-1H/J, AH-1S.