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Organizational Diagram of the Self-Defense Forces (As of April 1, 2019) Organizational Diagram of the Self-Defense Forces (As of April 1, 2019) Minister of Defense Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Joint Staff Chief of Staff, ASDF Chief of Staff, GSDF Chief of Staff, MSDF Air Staff Office Ground Staff Office Maritime Staff Office Ground Component Eastern Army Headquarters (Asaka) Northern Air Defense Force Headquarters (Misawa) Air Support Command Headquarters (Fuchu) Ground Component Command Headquarters (Asaka) Command Eastern Army 1st Division Division Headquarters (Nerima) Air Defense Command Northern Air Defense Force 2nd Air Wing (Chitose) Air Support Command 1st Tactical Airlift Wing (Komaki) 1st Airborne Brigade (Narashino) 1st Infantry Regiment (Nerima) Headquarters (Yokosuka) Headquarters Yokosuka District 3rd Air Wing (Misawa) Northern Air Defense Control Group (Misawa) 2nd Tactical Airlift Group (Iruma) 32nd Infantry Regiment (Omiya) Air Defense Command Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (Ainoura) 34th Infantry Regiment (Itazuma) Self-Defense Fleet Fleet Escort Force Escort Flotilla 1 Escort Division 1 (Yokosuka) Yokosuka District Minesweeper Division 41 Northern Aircraft 42nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Ominato) Headquarters (Yokota) 3rd Tactical Airlift Wing (Miho) 1st Field Artillery unit (Kitafuji) (Yokosuka) Escort Division 5 (Sasebo) Other units Control and Warning 45th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Tobetsu) 1st Helicopter Brigade (Kisarazu) 1st Logistics Support Regiment (Nerima) Wing (Misawa) Air Traffic Control Group (Fuchu, Each region) Escort Flotilla 2 (Sasebo) Escort Division 2 (Sasebo) 18th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Wakkanai) System and Signal Brigade (Ichigaya) Other units Escort Division 6 (Yokosuka) Headquarters Kure District 26th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Nemuro) Air Weather Group (Fuchu, Each region) 12th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Somagahara) Central Readiness Regiment (Utsunomiya) 2nd Infantry Regiment (Takada) Escort Flotilla 3 (Maizuru) Escort Division 3 (Maizuru) Kure District Sub Area Activity Hanshin Minesweeper Division 42 28th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Abashiri) Flight Check Squadron (Iruma) 13th Infantry Regiment (Matsumoto) (Kobe) Escort Division 7 (Ominato) Other units 29th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Okushiritou) Special Airlift Group (Chitose) Special Forces Group (Narashino) 30th Infantry Regiment (Shibata) 33rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kamo) 12th Field Artillery unit (Utsunomiya) Escort Flotilla 4 (Kure) Escort Division 4 (Kure) Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (Komaki) Other units 36th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Erimo) 12th Helicopter Unit (Somagahara) Escort Division 8 (Sasebo) Headquarters Sasebo District Northern Army Headquarters (Sapporo) 12th Logistics Support Unit (Shinmachi) Sasebo District Sub Area Activity Shimonoseki Minesweeper Division 43 37th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Yamada) Other units Fleet Training Command Yokosuka Fleet Training Group Division Headquarters (Asahikawa) (Shimonoseki) 1st Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Chitose) Northern Army 2nd Division 2nd Antiaircraft Artillery Group (Matsudo) Kure Fleet Training Group Air Training Command Headquarters (Hamamatsu) 3rd Infantry Regiment (Nayoro) (Yokosuka) Sub Area Activity Okinawa Minesweeper Division 46 Other units 25th Infantry Regiment (Engaru) Sasebo Fleet Training Group (Uruma) Air Training Command 1st Air Wing (Hamamatsu) 1st Engineer Brigade (Koga) 4th Engineer Group (Zama) 3rd Air Defense 9th, 10th Fire Unit (Chitose) 26th Infantry Regiment (Rumoi) Maizuru Fleet Training Group 5th Engineer Group (Takada) Coastal Defense Group Tsushima (Tsushima) Missile Group 4th Air Wing (Matsushima) 2nd Tank Regiment (Kamifurano) 11th, 24th Fire Unit (Naganuma) Other units Ominato Fleet Training Group (Mutsu) Other units (Chitose) 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Asahikawa) Other units 11th Flying Training Wing (Shizuhama) 31st Infantry Regiment (Takeyama) Missile System Training Center (Yokosuka) 2nd Logistics Support Regiment (Asahikawa) Eastern Army Combined Brigade (Takeyama) 48th Infantry Regiment (Somagahara) 6th Air Defense 20th, 23rd Fire Unit (Yakumo) 12th Flying Training Wing (Hofu-kita) Other units Escort Division 11 (Yokosuka) Headquarters Maizuru District Other units Missile Group 21st, 22nd Fire Unit (Shariki) (Misawa) 13th Flying Training Wing (Ashiya) 5th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Obihiro) Eastern Air Group (Tachikawa) Escort Division 12 (Kure) Maizuru District Minesweeper Division 44 Other units 4th Infantry Regiment (Obihiro) Other units Northern Air Civil Engineering Group (Misawa, Chitose) Air Basic Training Wing (Hofu-minami, Kumagaya) 6th Infantry Regiment (Bihoro) Other units Escort Division 13 (Sasebo) Fighter Training Group (Nyutabaru) 27th Infantry Regiment (Kushiro) Escort Division 14 (Maizuru) Other units 5th Field Artillery Regiment (Obihiro) Middle Army Headquarters (Itami) Headquarters Ominato District Central Air Defense Force Headquarters (Iruma) Other units and organizations 5th Logistics Support Unit (Obihiro) 3rd Division Division Headquarters (Senzo) Escort Division 15 (Ominato) Middle Army Ominato District Sub Area Activity Hakodate Minesweeper Division 45 Other units 7th Infantry Regiment (Fukuchiyama) Replenishment-at-Sea Squadron 1 (Yokosuka) (Hakodate) Central Air Defense Force 6th Air Wing (Komatsu) Air Development and Test Command Headquarters (Fuchu) 36th Infantry Regiment (Itami) 7th Division Division Headquarters (Higashi Chitose) 37th Infantry Regiment (Shinodayama) Drone Support Squadron 1 (Kure) Coastal Defense Group Yoichi Patrol Guided Missile Boat Division 1 7th Air Wing (Hyakuri) Air Development and Test Wing (Gifu) 11th Infantry Regiment (Higashi Chitose) Central Air Defense Control Group (Iruma) Air Development and Test Command 3rd Field Artillery unit (Himeji) (Yoichi-cho, Yoichi-gun) 71st Tank Regiment (Kita Chitose) Central Aircraft 1st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Kasatoriyama) 3rd Logistics Support Regiment (Senzo) Other units Base Facility Wakkanai (Wakkanai) Electronics Development and Test Group (Fuchu) 72nd Tank Regiment (Kita Eniwa) Control and Warning Other units Other units 23rd Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Wajima) 73rd Tank Regiment (Minami Eniwa) Wing (Iruma) Aeromedical Laboratory (Iruma, Tachikawa) 27th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Otakineyama) 7th Field Artillery Regiment (Higashi Chitose) 10th Division Division Headquarters (Moriyama) Headquarters (Ayase) 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (Shizunai) 14th Infantry Regiment (Kanazawa) Headquarters (Kashiwa) 5th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kushimoto) 33rd Infantry Regiment (Hisai) Fleet Air Force Fleet Air Wing 1 (Kanoya) Air Patrol Squadron 1 (Kanoya) 7th Logistics Support Regiment (Higashi Chitose) Air Training Group Shimofusa Air Training Squadron 203 22nd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Omaezaki) Air Communications and Systems Wing (Ichigaya, Each region) Other units 35th Infantry Regiment (Moriyama) Air Training Command Fleet Air Wing 2 (Hachinohe) Air Patrol Squadron 2 (Hachinohe) 35th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kyogamisaki) 10th Field Artillery Regiment (Toyokawa) (Kashiwa) Aero Safety Service Group (Tachikawa) 11th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Makomanai) 10th Logistics Support Regiment (Kasugai) Fleet Air Wing 4 (Ayase) Air Patrol Squadron 3 (Ayase) Air Training Group Tokushima Air Training Squadron 202 44th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Mineokayama) 10th Infantry Regiment (Takikawa) (Matsushige-cho, Itano-gun) Air Materiel Command (Jujo, Each region) Other units Air Station Iwo-to (Ogasawara) 46th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Sado) 18th Infantry Regiment (Makomanai) Air Training Group Ozuki 13th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Kaitaichi) Air Training Squadron 201 2nd Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Iruma) Other units and organizations 28th Infantry Regiment (Hakodate) Fleet Air Wing 5 (Naha) Air Patrol Squadron 5 (Naha) (Shimonoseki) 11th Field Artillery unit (Makomanai) 8th Infantry Regiment (Yonago) Air Training Squadron 211 (Kanoya) Other units 11th Logistics Support Unit (Makomanai) 17th Infantry Regiment (Yamaguchi) Fleet Air Wing 21 Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 21 (Tateyama) 46th Infantry Regiment (Kaitaichi) Air Training Squadron 212 (Kanoya) 1st Air Defense 1st Fire Unit (Narashino, Ichigaya) Other units (Tateyama) Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 23 (Maizuru) 13th Field Artillery unit (Nihonbara) Missile Group 2nd Fire Unit (Takeyama) 1st Field Artillery Brigade 1st Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Kita Chitose) 13th Logistics Support Unit (Kaitaichi) Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 25 (Mutsu) (Iruma) 3rd Fire Unit (Kasumigaura) (Kita Chitose) 2nd Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Bibai) Other units Headquarters (Kure) Fleet Air Wing 22 (Omura) Air ASW Helicopter squadron 22 (Omura) 4th Fire Unit (Iruma) 3rd Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Kamifurano) 14th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Zentsuji) Training Squadron Training Division 1 (Kure) Air ASW Helicopter squadron 24 (Komatsushima) Other units 1st Field Artillery Group (Kita Chitose) 15th Rapid Deployment Regiment (Zentsuji) Other units Fleet Air Wing 31 (Iwakuni) Air Rescue Squadron 71 (Iwakuni) 4th Field Artillery Group (Kamifurano) 50th Infantry Regiment (Kochi) 4th Air Defense 12th Fire Unit (Aibano) 14th Logistics Support Unit (Zentsuji) Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81 (Iwakuni) Missile Group Other units 13th, 15th Fire Unit (Gifu) Other units Air Training Support Squadron 91 (Iwakuni) Communications
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