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Japan: fighter: 1989: retired 2021: 96: 96 F-4EJs updated to F-4EJ Kai in 1995 Mitsubishi RF-4EJ: US/Japan: reconnaissance: 1990: retired 2020: 15: converted from F-4EJ and F-4EJ Kai Mitsubishi F-1: Japan: fighter: 1978: retired 2006: 77: Mitsubishi F-2 Viper Zero: Japan: fighter: 2000: 98: derived from F-16: Mitsubishi F-15J: Japan: fighter ...
In 2019 the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II began to enter service with JASDF fighter squadrons to replace the F-4s, beginning with 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. [17] The Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin technology demonstrator was developed, [18] and in the future Japan may purchase a new F-22/F-35 hybrid aircraft. [19]
Until 2015, women were banned from becoming fighter jet and reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The first female pilot of an F-15 joined the ranks, along with three other female pilots currently in training, in 2018. [9] Since 2008, the number of scrambles to intercept Chinese aircraft has increased rapidly. In 2010 there were scrambles against 31 ...
The F-X is said to be bigger than the F-22, which has earned it the nickname "Godzilla" from Bradley Perrett at Aviation Week. The large size indicates the MoD desires the aircraft to possess very long range and large payload capacity. Technologies tested in the X-2 technology demonstrator will likely be incorporated into the F-X fighter. [51]
The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the United States.
The F-22 Raptor is the top US fighter, known for stealth, speed and agility. ... With less than 200 aircraft operated by the Air Force, the limited F-22 fleet has been reserved for high-priority ...
From the mid-2000s Japan began funding various research programmes involved in fighter design culminating in the Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin experimental aircraft which took flight on 22 April 2016. This research and the data collected from the X-2 programme would feed the development of Japan's main fighter effort, the Mitsubishi F-X programme.
United States Japan: Attack helicopter: AH-64DJP 12 [60] — 13 built by Fuji. One crashed on 5 February 2018. [63] Bell AH-1 Cobra United States Japan: Attack helicopter: AH-1S 48 [60] — Built by Fuji. Kawasaki OH-1 Japan: Scout helicopter OH-1 37 [60] — Replaced the OH-6D fleet. UH-60 Black Hawk United States Japan: Transport helicopter ...