Mitsubishi F1 Fighter Jet
It was japans first domestically designed and built supersonic combat aircraft jointly developed by mitsubishi heavy industries and fuji heavy industries.
Mitsubishi f1 fighter jet. The mitsubishi f 1 is a single seat multi role fighter aircraft designed and manufactured jointly by mitsubishi heavy industries and fuji heavy industries for the japan air self defence force jasdf. A total of 77 f 1s were built between 1977 and 1987. For now it is being called the f x and it is part of japans plan to have a stronger and larger military to tackle any possible threats from neighboring china and north korea. According to the associated press the asian country has chosen mitsubishi heavy industries as the major contractor for its next generation stealth fighter jet program.
The air self defense force has a fleet of about 290 fighter jets and is also replacing its f 4 fighters with dozens of f 35s to strengthen its missile deterrence out of concern over north korea. Tokyo japan has picked mitsubishi heavy industries as a main contractor to develop the countrys own next generation stealth fighter for launch in the 2030s the defense minister said friday. Collectively the f 1 could fulfill the battlefield roles of fighter strike fighter and anti ship platform essentially presenting herself as a multirole aircraft system. 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.