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The 飛行開発実験団 (Air Development and Test Wing, hikoukaihatsujikkendan) is the sole unit of the Air Development and Test Command of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Gifu Air Field in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Starting out in November 1955 as an operational test and evaluation unit offshoot of a research unit within the 1st Flying Training School at Hamamatsu, the Air Proving Group boasted 28 personnel and two T-34As at the time of its formation the following month. From assembly to delivery, the Group handled the Vampire that was its first jet, imported to assess the advantages and disadvantages of its side-by-side seating configuration, and had graduated to the utilization of F-86Fs by the following year. Examples of the T-6G and T-33A as well as a solitary T-28 were supplied, but as space was being taken up by the fighter units that were then in the process of forming, a move was made and the unit’s long residency at Gifu commenced on March 25, 1957.
Having been renamed as the Air Proving Wing on April 11, 1974, to reflect its higher status, a succession of JASDF types—among them the F-4EJ, T-2 and C-1—continued to undergo initial and ongoing testing during the course of the 70s. Over the years, some types have undergone extended test programmes, others (such as the C-130H, U-4 and U-125) only brief periods of operational testing prior to service entry.
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