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Aircraft Programs

Combat Aircraft. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) currently operates three jet fighter types: the Lockheed Martin F-35A, the Mitsubishi-built F-2, and the F-15J Eagle, the latter of which was license-produced in Japan by Mitsubishi.

The Mitsubishi F-2 is a longer-range, modified knock-off of the Lockheed Martin F-16C Block 40. A multirole fighter, the F-2 supplanted the original Mitsubishi fighter, the F-1, which entered service in 1978. Replacement of the...

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