Japan F1 Aircraft
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Japan f1 aircraft. Return to the modern aircraft index. It was japans first domestically designed and built supersonic combat aircraft jointly developed by mitsubishi heavy industries and fuji heavy industries. The mitsubishi f1m allied reporting name pete was a japanese reconnaissance floatplane of world war ii. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1 to z.
There are a total of 18 individual aircraft entries in the active japan air self defense force jasdf aircraft 2020 category in the military factory. Tokyo reuters japan is seeking proposals for a new advanced jet fighter based on an existing western aircraft and wants american and british cooperation to help kick start development of the. The mitsubishi f 1 is a japanese swept wing single seat twin engine supersonic strike aircraft that was in service with the japan air self defense force from 1978 to 2006. It is essentially a t 2 trainer airframe modified for a dedicated anti ship and ground attack role.