Draft:Chief of Staff, Air Self Defense Force
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| Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Force | |
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| 航空幕僚長 | |
.svg) Standard of the Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Force | |
| Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| Member of | Air Staff Office |
| Reports to | Minister of Defense |
| Appointer | Minister of Defense Subject to formal approval by the Cabinet |
| Formation | 1 July 1954 |
| First holder | Kentaro Uemura |
| Website | [1] |
The Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 航空幕僚長, Hepburn: Kōkū bakuryō naga) is the head of the Air Staff Office of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), an agency within the Ministry of Defense that oversees plans for the defense and security of the branch.
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List of officeholders[edit]
The current Chief of Staff, Air Self-Defense Force is General Hiroaki Uchikura, who took office in March 2023.[1]
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| No. | Portrait | Chairman of the Joint Staff Council | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Defence branch |
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| 1 | Lieutenant General Kentaro Uemura 上村健太郎 (1908–1981) | 1 July 1954 | 2 July 1956 | 2 years, 1 day |  Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Takeshi Sanagi 佐薙 毅 (1901–1990) | 3 July 1956 | 17 July 1959 | 3 years, 14 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 3 | Lieutenant General Minoru Genda 源田 実 (1904–1989) | 18 July 1959 | 6 April 1962 | 2 years, 273 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 4 | Lieutenant General Takeshi Matsuda 松田 武 (1906–1988) | 7 April 1962 | 16 April 1964 | 2 years, 9 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 5 | Lieutenant General Shigeru Ura 浦 茂 (1909–2001) | 17 April 1964 | 29 April 1966 | 2 years, 12 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Hirokuni Muta 牟田 弘國 (1910–1987) | 30 April 1966 | 14 November 1967 | 1 year, 198 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 8 | Lieutenant General Takeshi Omuro 大室 孟 (1912–2001) | 15 November 1967 | 24 April 1969 | 1 year, 160 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force | |
| 9 | Lieutenant General Kagetoshi Ogata 緒方 景俊 (1913–1982) | 25 April 1969 | 6 June 1971 | 2 years, 42 days | Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
- ^ Japan Self-Defense Forces. "Organization". Ministry of Defense (Japan). Archived from the original on March 6, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2024.