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4. In-flight refueling. Boeing CH-47J/CH-47JA. US. transport. 1988. 32. helicopter license-built by Kawasaki. British Aerospace U–125.
History. Introduction date. 1941. First flight. June 1936. The Mitsubishi F1M (Allied reporting name "Pete") is a Japanese reconnaissance floatplane of World War II. It was the last biplane type of the Imperial Japanese Navy, with 944 built between 1936 and 1944. The Navy designation was "Type Zero Observation Seaplane" (零式水上観測機).
Like the American M1 helmet upon which it was based, it is made of iron alloy. Type 88 Helmet. Helmet. Japanese version of Kevlar PASGT helmet, replacing Type 66 helmet. Combat Bullet-Proof Vest [ja] Bullet-proof vest. The first body armor to be fully introduced by the Japan Self-Defense Forces in 1992.
History. First flight. 7 August 1945. The Nakajima Kikka (橘花, " tachibana orange blossom"), initially designated Kōkoku Nigō Heiki (皇国二号兵器, "Imperial Weapon No. 2"), is Japan 's first turbojet-powered aircraft. It was developed late in World War II, and the single completed prototype flew only once, in August 1945, before the ...
The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better known in English-language texts than the real Japanese names for the aircraft. A number of different ...
1952 (China) The Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa (隼, "Peregrine falcon"), formal Japanese designation Army Type 1 Fighter (一式戦闘機, Ichi-shiki sentōki) is a single-engine land-based tactical fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II. The Allied reporting name was " Oscar ", but it was often called the "Army Zero ...
First flight. August 1940 [1] Retired. 1945. The Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki (鍾馗, "Devil Queller") [2] was a single-seat fighter - interceptor which was developed by the Nakajima Aircraft Company and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Its official designation was Army Type 2 Single-Seat Fighter ...
Generally, Western men's names were given to fighter aircraft, women's names to bombers, transports, and reconnaissance aircraft, bird names to gliders, and tree names to trainer aircraft. The use of the names, from their origin in mid-1942, became widespread among Allied forces from early 1943 until the end of the war in 1945.