404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron (JASDF)

The 第404飛行隊 (404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron, dai-yon-zero-yon-hikoutai) is a tanker squadron of the 1st Tactical Airlift Group of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

In July 2017 it performed training flights with the Eurofighter Typhoons of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom.

[10][11] In December 2014 an aircraft of the squadron carried 20,000 protective suits to Accra in Ghana during the Ebola epidemic.

Japanese KC-767Js have appeared at the 2012,[13] 2014,[14] 2016[15] and 2017[16] editions of the Royal International Air Tattoo in the UK.

[19] Aircraft of the squadron bear tail markings of a black horse's head with a flowing yellow mane.

Tail marking (2016)