Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy

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The Imperial Japanese Army Air Academy (陸軍航空士官学校, Rikugun Kōkū Shikan Gakkō) was the principal officers' training school for the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service. The classrooms of the academy were located in the city of Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. An airfield was added in 1937 and used by the IJAAS until 1945.

Post War Use[]

From 1945 to 1962 it was used by the USAF as Johnson Air Base, Japan Air Self-Defense Force began use of the base in 1958 and last US forces left in 1978.

The former airfield of the academy is now Iruma Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

Superintendents[]

• Major General ：October 1, 1937
• Major General ：July 1, 1939
• Lieutenant General ：September 15, 1941
• Major General ：December 1, 1942
• Lieutenant General ：May 1, 1943
• Lieutenant General Yoshitoshi Tokugawa：March 28, 1944

Notable alumni[]

(IJA: Imperial Japanese Army, JGSDF: Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JASDF: Japan Air Self-Defense Force)

• Seiroku Kajiyama：Liberal Democratic Party Politician
• General ：IJA and JASDF Officer,
• Captain Isamu Kashiide：IJA
• General ：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
• General ：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
• General ：IJA and JASDF Officer, Chief of Staff, Joint Staff
• Captain Yoshio Yoshida：IJA aviator, flying ace during WW2
• General ：IJA and JASDF Officer
• General ：IJA and JGSDF
• ：Computer Engineer, Businessmen, Vice Chairman of Nippon Kaigi, Order of the British Empire
• ：Liberal Democratic Party Politician, Senior Adviser of Japan War-Bereaved Families Association, son of General Seishiro Itagaki
• Major General Yasuhiko Kuroe：IJA and JASDF Officer

• Ramesh Sakharam Benegal：Indian Airforce Air Commodore

See also[]

• Imperial Japanese Army Academy
• Tokyo Boys
• F Kikan

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