Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi prefecture. Yamaguchi governor Sekinari Nii said there was "no way" Yamaguchi prefecture would accept this. In 2006 Iwakuni voters rejected the plan in a plebiscite and Iwakuni mayor Katsusuke Ihara urged Tokyo to drop the plan. In 2007 the Japanese government passed legislation to prepare for the relocation of US Forces in Japan including subsidies for local affected areas. The move was planned to have been done in 2014, but after construction delays the move was delayed by three years, to 2017.Moriyasu, Ken US Navy needs touch-and-go practice strip 13 May 2016 The Nikkei Retrieved 31 August 2016 The plan was for the move to take place in stages and be completed in May 2018. The move did not include the wing's approximately 20 helicopters. The move began in August 2017 with the five E-2D Hawkeye aircraft of VAW-125 relocating to Iwakuni after the USS Ronald Reagans summer 2017 patrol. Around 3800 personnel were expected to move to Iwakuni. By 28 November three more squadrons relocated after the Ronald Reagans second patrol of 2017. The new squadrons were the F/A-18E Super Hornet-equipped VFA-115 and VFA-195 and the EA-18G Growler-equipped VAQ-141. Fleet Logistics Support Squadron VRC-30 also relocated to MCASI by December 2017. In March 2018 strike fighter squadrons VFA-27 with the F/A-18E Super Hornet and VFA-102 with the F/A-18F Super Hornet arrived at MCAS Iwakuni, completing the move of CVW-5's fixed-wing aircraft squadrons. Tenant squadrons Maritime Self Defence Force As of 2018, the following Fleet Air Force units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force units are based at NAF Atsugi:Thompson, Paul JMSDF Order of Battle J-HangarSpace Retrieved 8 February 2017 Fleet Air Wing 4, Air Patrol Squadron 3 (Lockheed P-3C Orion) (Kawasaki P-1) Air Transport Squadron 61 (Lockheed C-130R Hercules) (LC-90) Air Development Squadron 51 (P-1 & UP-1, P-3C & UP-3C Orion, SH-60J/K & USH-60K Seahawk) US Navy As of 2018, the US Navy tenant commands at NAF Atsugi are: Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 51 Warlords (Sikorsky MH-60R "Seahawk") Carrier Air Wing Five: (The fixed-wing squadrons and the carrier air wing staff have relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni) Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 77 Saberhawks (MH-60R Seahawk) (to remain at Atsugi, will not relocate to Iwakuni) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12 Golden Falcon'' (MH-60S Seahawk) (to remain at Atsugi, will not relocate to Iwakuni) Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific See also Izumi no Mori,