Ryo Aihara
The Ministry of Defense entered a final adjustment on the successor to the Air Self Defense Force fighter F2 which will retire from around 2030 in a direction to abandon domestic development. We will submit information request (RFI) on the performance of F2 successor aircraft that Japan needs this week and request information from US companies during this week. The Ministry of Defense will continue to consider international collaborative development in the future, but there is also an alternative plan to purchase the latest US stealth fighter F 35 A.
Air Self Defense Force fighter aircraft has three models, F15 (about 200 aircraft), F4 (about 50 aircraft), F2 (about 90 aircraft), and F 35 A (1 aircraft) of F4 successor. F2 was jointly developed in Japan and the US and introduced in FY200. Currently it is deployed at Aza Misawa base and so on. As China and Russia 's military activities are becoming active around Japan, switching of F2 after aging is a big issue.
Original post: asahi.com
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