Mitsubishi F2 is Japanese most recent aboriginal fighter aircraft.The 3rd SQ in Misawa is the aboriginal and alone abettor of F2.Over 20 F2 had been loanched in 2000 and all aggregate at Misawa for mission and the 3rd SQ began to accomplish back 2001.F2 can be watched at Misawa except Nagoya airport area is abutting to Mitsubishi's branch and JASDF Gifu abject area JASDF has a analysis aggregation of F2.
F2 is fabricated with accumulated technologies amid Japanese avionics and USAF F16.F16 has been produced over 1,000 and has been awash all about the world.So F16's absolute aftereffect is able-bodied known.Japan alien avant-garde avionics technologies to F2.
USAF has F16 at Misawa too,so both abject archetypal of F16 and developed F2 are apparent at Misawa.
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Origin: Japan/USA
Type: one-seat or two-seat multi-purpose fighter
Max Speed: 1,321 mph/2,125 km/h
Max Range: 518 nm/834 km
Dimensions: amount 36 ft 6 in/11.13 m, breadth 50 ft 11 in/15.52 m, acme 15 ft 5 in/4.69 m
Weight: abandoned weight 21,000 lbs/9,527 kg, max abandonment weight 48,500 lbs/22,000 kg
Powerplant: one General Electric F110-GE-129 turbofan agent with 16,973 lbs changeless advance after afterburner or 29,607 lbs with afterburner
Armament: best weapons amount is appear at 19,840 lbs/9,000 kg, including Japanese developed Mitsubishi AAM-3 air-to-air missiles as able-bodied as XASM-2 anti-ship missile
Operators: Japan
