GENERAL DATA
Country of Origin: Japan.
Similar Aircraft: Mirage F1, Super Etendard, Yak-38 Forger.
Crew: One; T-2 trainer - two
Role: CAS, fighter.
Armament: Cannon, bombs, rocket pods, ASMs, AAMs.
Dimensions: Length: 58 ft, 8 in (17.86 m). Span: 26 ft (7.9 m).
DESCRIPTION
Wings: High-mounted, swept-back, and tapered with square tips. Sawtooth in leading edges. Negative slant.
Engine(s): Two turbofans. Semicircular air intakes well forward of the wing roots, tapering to the rear. Exhausts flare outward at the forward bottom of the overhanging tail section.
Fuselage: Long, slender with sharply pointed nose. Tapers to the rear. Bubble canopy that blends with a tapered dorsal spine behind the cockpit.
Tail: Back-tapered fin with square tip. Flats high-mounted on the tapered fuselage, swept-back, and tapered with square tips and a negative slant.
USER COUNTRIES
Japan.
