Air Patrol Squadron 3 (JMSDF)

Air Patrol Squadron 3
第3航空隊
Squadron 3 Kawasaki P-1
Active1 September 1961
Country Japan
Branch Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Part ofFleet Air Wing 4
Garrison/HQNaval Air Facility Atsugi
Nickname(s)Sea Eagle
Aircraft flown
PatrolP-1

Air Patrol Squadron 3 (第3航空隊, daisankoukuutai) (also referred to as VP-3 or Fleet Air Squadron 4) is a unit in the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force. It is a part of Fleet Air Wing 4 and is based at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa prefecture.[1] It is equipped with Kawasaki P-1 aircraft.

  1. ^ Japanese Ministry of Defence: Atsugi NAF Squadrons Retrieved February 11, 2017 (in Japanese)