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Japan Air Self-Defense Force

Air force · 🇯🇵 Japan

Fleet

14 aircraft · 98

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2

MilitaryFighters & multirole

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-2

Japan's super-sized F-16 for anti-ship strike

1995

98 ×

Bell Textron 412

MilitaryMilitary helicopters

Bell Textron 412

Four-blade Huey used for Sri Lanka's VIP flights

1979259 km/h745 km

UH-2 with JGSDF

Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-2

MilitaryMilitary transport

Kawasaki Heavy Industries C-2

Japan's fast twin-jet airlifter

20107,600 km

Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye

MilitaryReconnaissance & surveillance

Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye

The carrier-based eye in the sky

1960648 km/h

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

MilitaryFighters & multirole

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter

The "missile with a man in it"

19542,137 km/h

F-104J, retired

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

MilitaryFighters & multirole

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle

The undefeated air-superiority fighter

19722,655 km/h

as F-15J, built by Mitsubishi

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II

MilitaryFighters & multirole

Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II

Stealthy fifth-generation multirole fighter

20061,930 km/h2,200 km

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

MilitaryFighters & multirole

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

The Cold War's iconic heavy fighter

19582,370 km/h

retired 2021

North American Aviation F-86 Sabre

MilitaryFighters & multirole

North American Aviation F-86 Sabre

America's first swept-wing jet fighter

19471,106 km/h2,454 km

retired

Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

MilitaryAerial refuelling tankers

Boeing KC-46 Pegasus

Flying fuel station based on the 767

201511,830 km

Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk

MilitaryMilitary helicopters

Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk

Naval Black Hawk for hunting submarines

1979270 km/h830 km

SH-60J/K with JMSDF

Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk

MilitaryDrones (UAV)

Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk

High-flying robot spy plane

199822,780 km

Bell Textron UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"

MilitaryMilitary helicopters

Bell Textron UH-1 Iroquois "Huey"

The helicopter that defined the Vietnam War

1956220 km/h510 km

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

MilitaryMilitary helicopters

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk

The US Army's workhorse utility helicopter

1974294 km/h511 km

UH-60J rescue