Organizational Diagram of the Self-Defense Forces (As of March 31, 2015)

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Northern Army Headquarters () Middle Army Headquarters (Itami) Northern Army 2nd Division Division Headquarters () Middle Army 3rd Division Division Headquarters (Senzo) Self-Defense Fleet Fleet Escort Force Escort Flotilla 1 () Escort Division 1 (Yokosuka) Yokosuka District Minesweeper Division 41 Air Defense Command Northern Air Defense Force 2nd Air (Chitose) Air Support Command 1st Tactical Airlift Group (Komaki) 3rd Infantry Regiment () 7th Infantry Regiment (Fukuchiyama) Escort Division 5 (Sasebo) 25th Infantry Regiment (Engaru) 36th Infantry Regiment (Itami) 3rd Air Wing (Misawa) 2nd Tactical Airlift Group (Iruma) 26th Infantry Regiment (Rumoi) Escort Flotilla 2 (Sasebo) Escort Division 2 (Sasebo) 37th Infantry Regiment (Shinodayama) Kure District Sub Area Activity Hanshin (Kobe) Minesweeper Division 42 Northern Aircraft Control and 42nd Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Ominato) 3rd Tactical Airlift Group (Miho) 2nd Tank Regiment (Kamifurano) 3rd Field Artillery unit (Himeji) Escort Division 6 (Yokosuka) Warning Wing (Misawa) 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Asahikawa) 3rd Logistics Support Regiment (Senzo) 45th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Tobetsu) Air Traffic Control Service Group 2nd Logistics Support Regiment (Asahikawa) Other units Escort Flotilla 3 (Maizuru) Escort Division 3 (Ominato) 18th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron () (Fuchu, Each region) Sasebo District Sub Area Activity Shimonoseki Minesweeper Division 43 Other units 10th Division Division Headquarters (Moriyama) Escort Division 7 (Maizuru) 26th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Nemuro) Air Weather Service Group (Fuchu, Each region) 5th Brigade Brigade Headquarters () 14th Infantry Regiment (Kanazawa) Escort Flotilla 4 (Kure) Escort Division 4 (Kure) Sub Area Activity Okinawa (Uruma) Minesweeper Division 46 28th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Abashiri) 33rd Infantry Regiment (Hisai) 4th Infantry Regiment (Obihiro) Escort Division 8 (Sasebo) Coastal Defense Group Tsushima 29th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Okushiritou) Flight Check Squadron (Iruma) 6th Infantry Regiment (Bihoro) 35th Infantry Regiment (Moriyama) 33rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kamo) Special Airlift Group (Chitose) 27th Infantry Regiment (Kushiro) 10th Field Artillery Regiment (Toyokawa) Fleet Training Command Yokosuka Fleet Training Group 10th Logistics Support Regiment (Kasugai) 5th Field Artillery Regiment (Obihiro) (Yokosuka) Kure Fleet Training Group Maizuru District Minesweeper Division 44 36th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Erimo) Aeromedical Evacuation Other units 5th Logistics Support Unit (Obihiro) Sasebo Fleet Training Group 37th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Yamada) Squadron (Komaki) Other units 13th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Kaitaichi) Maizuru Fleet Training Group 1st Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Chitose) 8th Infantry Regiment (Yonago) Ominato District Sub Area Activity Hakodate Minesweeper Division 45 7th Division Division Headquarters (Higashi Chitose) Ominato Fleet Training Group (Mutsu) Other units Air Training Command 1st Air Wing (Hamamatsu) 17th Infantry Regiment (Yamaguchi) 11th Infantry Regiment (Higashi Chitose) 46th Infantry Regiment (Kaitaichi) Missile System Training Center Coastal Defense Group Yoichi Patrol Guided Missile 4th Air Wing (Matsushima) 71st Tank Regiment (Kita Chitose) 3rd Air Defense Missile Group 9th, 10th Fire Unit (Chitose) 13th Field Artillery unit (Nihonbara) (Yokosuka) Boat Division 1 72nd Tank Regiment (Kita Eniwa) Base Facility Wakkanai (Chitose) 11th, 24th Fire Unit (Naganuma) 11th Flying Training Wing 13th Logistics Support Unit (Kaitaichi) 73rd Tank Regiment (Minami Eniwa) Escort Division 11 (Yokosuka) (Shizuhama) Other units 7th Field Artillery Regiment (Higashi Chitose) 6th Air Defense Missile Group 20th, 23rd Fire Unit (Yakumo) Escort Division 12 (Kure) (Misawa) 12th Flying Training Wing 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (Shizunai) 14th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Zentsuji) 21st, 22nd Fire Unit (Shariki) (Hofu-kita) 15th Infantry Regiment (Zentsuji) 7th Logistics Support Regiment (Higashi Chitose) Escort Division 13 (Sasebo) Air Training Group Shimofusa Air Training Squadron 203 Other units 50th Infantry Regiment (Kochi) Air Training Command Northern Air Civil Engineering Group (Misawa, Chitose) 13th Flying Training Wing (Kashiwa) (Ashiya) 14th Field Artillery unit (Matsuyama) Escort Division 14 (Maizuru) Other units 11th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Makomanai) Air Basic Training Wing 14th Logistics Support Unit (Zentsuji) Air Training Group Tokushima Air Training Squadron 202 10th Infantry Regiment (Takikawa) Other units Escort Division 15 (Ominato) Central Air Defense Force 6th Air Wing (Komatsu) (Hofu-minami, Kumagaya) 18th Infantry Regiment (Makomanai) (Itano-gun Matsushige Town) 8th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (Aonogahara) Landing Ship Division 1 (Kure) 7th Air Wing (Hyakuri) Fighter Training Group 28th Infantry Regiment (Hakodate) Air Training Squadron Ozuki Air Training Squadron 201 (Nyutabaru) 11th Field Artillery unit (Makomanai) Middle Air Wing (Yao) Replenishment-at-Sea Squadron 1 (Shimonoseki) Central Aircraft Control and 1st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Kasatoriyama) 11th Logistics Support Unit (Makomanai) Other units and organizations (Yokosuka) Warning Wing (Iruma) Other units 4th Engineer Brigade (Okubo) 6th Engineer Group (Toyokawa) Air Training Squadron 211 (Kanoya) 23rd Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Wajima) Drone Support Squadron 1 (Kure) 27th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Ohtakineyama) 1st Field Artillery Brigade 1st Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Kita Chitose) 7th Engineer Group (Okubo) 5th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kushimoto) Air Development and Test Command Air Development and Test Wing (Kita Chitose) 2nd Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Bibai) Middle Army Combined Brigade (Otsu) 47th Infantry Regiment (Kaitaichi) Training Squadron Training Division 1 (Kure) Fleet Air Force Fleet Air Wing 1 (Kanoya) Air Patrol Squadron 1 (Kanoya) 22nd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Omaezaki) (Gifu) 3rd Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Kamifurano) 49th Infantry Regiment (Toyokawa) 1st Field Artillery Group (Kita Chitose) Other units Fleet Air Wing 2 (Hachinohe) Air Patrol Squadron 2 (Hachinohe) 35th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kyogamisaki) Electronics Development and Communications Command (Ichigaya) Test Group (Fuchu, Iruma) 4th Field Artillery Group (Kamifurano) Western Army Headquarters (Kengun) 44th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Mineokayama) Fleet Air Wing 4 (Ayase) Air Patrol Squadron 3 (Ayase) 46th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Sado) Aero-Medical Laboratory 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (Higashi Chitose) Western Army 4th Division Division Headquarters (Fukuoka) Air Station Iwo-to (Ogasawara) (Iruma, Tachikawa) 16th Infantry Regiment (Oomura) 2nd Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Iruma) (Higashi Chitose) 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (Nayoro) 40th Infantry Regiment (Kokura) Fleet Air Wing 5 (Naha) Air Patrol Squadron 5 (Naha) Other units Northern Air Wing (Okadama) 41st Infantry Regiment (Beppu) Air Communications and System 4th Field Artillery Regiment (Kurume) Fleet Air Wing 21 (Tateyama) Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 21 1st Air Defense Missile Group 1st Fire Unit (Narashino) Wing (Ichigaya, Each region) Northern Engineer Unit 12th Engineer Group () (Tateyama) MSDF Maritime Materiel MSDF Ship Supply Depot (Yokosuka) (Iruma) 4th Logistics Support Regiment (Fukuoka) 2nd Fire Unit (Takeyama) Aero Safety Service Group (Minami Eniwa) 13th Engineer Unit (Horobetu) Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 23 (Maizuru) Command (Jujo) MSDF Air Supply Depot () Tsushima Guard Unit (Tsushima)* 3rd Fire Unit (Kasumigaura) (Tachikawa) Other units Air ASW Helicopter Squadron 25 (Mutsu) Northern Army Combined Brigade (Higashi Chitose) 52nd Infantry Regiment (Makomanai) 4th Fire Unit (Iruma) Air Material Command 8th Division Division Headquarters (Kita Kumamoto) Helicopter Rescue Squadron 73 (Jujo, Each region) Other units 12th Infantry Regiment (Kokubu) (Tateyama) 4th Air Defense Missile Group 12th Fire Unit (Aibano) 24th Infantry Regiment (Ebino) Other units and organizations Northeastern Army Headquarters (Sendai) Air ASW Helicopter 22 (Omura) (Gifu) 13th, 15th Fire Unit (Gifu) 42nd Infantry Regiment (Kita Kumamoto) Fleet Air Wing 22 (Omura) Other units and organizations Northeastern Army 6th Division Division Headquarters (Jinmachi) 43rd Infantry Regiment (Miyakonojo) Air ASW Helicopter 24 (Komatsushima) 14th Fire Unit (Hakusan) 20th Infantry Regiment (Jinmachi) 8th Field Artillery Regiment (Kita Kumamoto) Helicopter Rescue Squadron 72 (Omura) Central Air Civil Engineering Group (Iruma, Each region) 22nd Infantry Regiment (Tagajo) 8th Logistics Support Regiment (Kita Kumamoto) 44th Infantry Regiment (Fukusima) Other units Fleet Air Wing 31 (Iwakuni) Air Rescue Squadron 71 (Iwakuni) Other units Air Reconnaissance Squadron 81 (Iwakuni) 6th Field Artillery Regiment (Koriyama) 15th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Naha) 6th Logistics Support Regiment (Jinmachi) 51st Infantry Regiment (Naha) Air Training Support Squadron 91 (Iwakuni) Western Air Defense Force 5th Air Wing (Nyutabaru) Other units 15th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment (Yaese) Air Development Squadron 51 (Ayase) 8th Air Wing (Tsuiki) 9th Division Division Headquarters (Aomori) 15th Helicopter Unit (Naha) 5th Infantry Regiment (Aomori) 15th Logistics Support Unit (Naha) Air Transport Squadron 61 (Ayase) Western Aircraft Control and 13th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Takahatayama) 21st Infantry Regiment (Akita) Other units Warning Wing (Kasuga) Mine Countermeasure Helicopter 43rd Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Sefuriyama) 39th Infantry Regiment (Hirosaki) Western Infantry Regiment (Ainoura) 9th Artillery Regiment (Iwate) Squadron 111 (Iwakuni) 7th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Takaoyama) 9th Logistics Support Regiment (Hachinohe) Western Field Artillery Unit (Yufuin) 5th Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Kengun) Fleet Submarine Force Headquarters (Yokosuka) 9th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Shimo-Koshikijima) Other units 15th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Fukuejima) 2nd Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade (Iizuka) 3rd Antiaircraft Artillery Group (Iizuka) Submarine Flotilla 1 (Kure) Submarine Division 1 (Kure) 38th Infantry Regiment (Tagajo) Northeastern Army Combined Brigade (Sendai) 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (Takematsu) Submarine Division 3 (Kure) 17th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Mishima) Northeastern Field Artillery Unit (Sendai) 4th Surface-to-Ship Missile Regiment (Hachinohe) Western Air Wing (Takayubaru) Submarine Division 5 (Kure) 19th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Unishima) 3rd Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kasuga) 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Group (Hachinohe) 5th Engineer Brigade (Ogori) 2nd Engineer Group (Iizuka) Submarine Flotilla 2 Submarine Division 2 (Yokosuka) 9th Engineer Group (Ogori) (Yokosuka) Submarine Division 4 (Yokosuka) Other units Northeastern Air Wing (Kasuminome) 19th Infantry Regiment (Fukuoka) Western Army Combined Brigade (Ainoura) Training Submarine Division 1 (Kure) 2nd Air Defense Missile Group 5th, 6th Fire Unit (Ashiya) 2nd Engineer Brigade (Funaoka) (Kasuga) Other units 7th Fire Unit (Tsuiki) Submarine Training Center (Kure) Other units Central Readiness Force Headquarters (Zama) 8th Fire Unit (Kouradai) Eastern Army Headquarters (Asaka) Mine Warfare Force Minesweeper Division 1 (Kure) Western Air Civil Engineering Group (Ashiya, Each region) Central Readiness Force 1st Airborne Brigade (Narashino) (Yokosuka) Eastern Army Division Headquarters () Minesweeper Division 2 (Sasebo) Other units 1st Infantry Regiment (Nerima) Special Operation Group (Narashino) Minesweeper Division 51 (Yokosuka) 32nd Infantry Regiment (Omiya) 1st Helicopter Brigade (Kisarazu) Minesweeper Division 101 (Kure) Southwestern Composite Air Division 83rd Air Wing (Naha) 34th Infantry Regiment (Itazuma) Mine Warfare Support Center (Yokosuka) 1st Field Artillery unit (Kitafuji) Central Readiness Regiment () Southwestern Aircraft Control 56th Aircraft Control and Warning Group (Yozadake) 1st Logistics Support Regiment (Nerima) Fleet Intelligence Command Operational Intelligence Center (Yokosuka) and Warning Wing (Naha) 53rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Miyakojima) (Yokosuka) Other units Central NBC Weapon Defense Unit (Omiya) Basic Intelligence Center (Ichigaya) 54th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Kumejima) 12th Brigade Brigade Headquarters (Somagahara) International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit (Komakado) Electronic Intelligence Center (Yokosuka) 55th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Okinoerabujima) 2nd Infantry Regiment (Takada) Oceanographic Command Anti-Submarine Warfare Center (Yokosuka) 4th Mobile Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (Naha) 13th Infantry Regiment (Matsumoto) Other units (Yokosuka) 30th Infantry Regiment (Shibata) Weather Service Unit (Yokosuka) Other units 12th Field Artillery unit (Utsunomiya) Signal Brigade (Ichigaya) Oceanographic Observation Okinawa (Uruma) 5th Air Defense Missile Group 16th, 18th Fire Unit (Chinen) 12th Helicopter Unit (Somagahara) Ground Research & Development Command (Asaka) (Naha) 12th Logistics Support Unit (Shinmachi) Oceanographic Observation 17th Fire Unit (Naha) Other units Ground Material Control Command (Jujo) Shimokita (Higashidoori) 19th Fire Unit (Onna) 2nd Antiaircraft Artillery Group () Other units and organizations Fleet Research and C4I Systems Center (Yokosuka) Southwestern Air Civil Engineering Group (Naha) Development Command Surface Systems Center (Yokosuka) (Yokosuka) Other units Eastern Air Wing (Tachikawa) Air Systems Programming Center (Ayase) 1st Engineer Brigade (Koga) 4th Engineer Group (Zama) Air Rescue Wing (Iruma, Each region) 5th Engineer Group (Takada) Tactical Air Training Group (Yokota, Each region) Eastern Army Combined Brigade 31st Infantry Regiment (Takeyama) Tactical Reconnaissance Group (Hyakuri) (Takeyama) 48th Infantry Regiment (Somagahara) Airborne Warning and Control Wing (Hamamatsu, Each region) Other units Other units

*Refers to a regional directly controlled unit, but is placed under the commander of the 4th division