During this period the JASDF followed a system in which the numbering of a squadron was dependent on the type of aircraft it operated.

On August 31 2016 it moved from Hyakuri Air Base to Nyutabaru Air Base, swapping with the F-4EJ Kai equipped 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron, which moved to Hyakuri.

In August 2018 Misa Matsushima, the first female fighter pilot in the JASDF,[4] was assigned to the squadron.

Kairaku-en park located in Mito near Hyakuri Air Base in Ibaraki Prefecture is famous for its hundreds of plum blossom trees.

The squadron using a plum blossom as its tail marking also continues the tradition of its predecessor the 206th TFS.