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==Equipment==
{{See also|List of military aircraft of Japan}}
The JASDF maintains an integrated network of [[radar]] installations and [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defense]] direction centers throughout the country known as the Basic Air Defense Ground Environment. In the late 1980s, the system was modernized and augmented with [[E-2 Hawkeye|E-2C Hawkeye]] airborne early warning aircraft. The nation relies on fighter-[[interceptor aircraft]] and [[surface-to-air missile]]s to intercept hostile aircraft. Both of these systems were improved from the beginning of the late 1980s. Outmoded aircraft were replaced in the early 1990s with more sophisticated models, and [[Nike-J]] missiles have been replaced with the modern [[MIM-104 Patriot#PAC-2|Patriot PAC-2]] and [[MIM-104 Patriot#PAC-3|PAC-3]] system. The JASDF also provides air support for ground and sea operations of the [[Japan Ground Self-Defense Force|JGSDF]] and the [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|JMSDF]] and air defense for bases of all the forces. Base defenses were upgraded in the late 1980s with new surface-to-air missiles, modern antiaircraft artillery and new fixed and mobile aircraft shelters.


===Aircraft===
===Aircraft===
[[File:F-35A_from_the_Japan_Air_Force.jpg|thumb|A JASDF F-35]]
[[File:E-2C (13724985533).jpg|thumb|An E-2C Hawkeye landing at [[Misawa Air Base]] ]]
[[File:67-4495 CH-47J from Iruma AB (5215150649).jpg|thumb|A CH-47J from [[Iruma Air Base]]]]
[[File:Kawasaki T-4, Japan - Air Force AN2240189.jpg|thumb|A [[Kawasaki T-4]] ]]
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"


! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Combat aircraft|Combat Aircraft]]
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Combat aircraft|Fighter]]
|-
|-
| [[Mitsubishi F-2]]
| [[Mitsubishi F-2|F-2A/B]]
| [[Japan]]
| Japan
| 88<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Military Balance 2019|publisher=Routledge, 2019|year=2019|isbn=9781857439885|location=|pages=279}}</ref>
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
|F-2A: 58 aircraft
|
F-2B: 30 aircraft
| 62<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|title = World Air Forces 2020|work= |publisher= Flightglobal Insight |year= 2020 |doi = |accessdate= 10 March 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref>
|based on the [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|Lockheed Martin F-16]]
|-
|-
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4 Phantom II]]
| [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4EJ/EJ Kai Phantom II]]
| Japan (license production)
| [[United States]]
| 34<ref name="World Air Forces 2020">{{cite web|title=World Air Forces 2020|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2020/135665.article|last=|first=|year=2020|work=|publisher=Flightglobal Insight|doi=|url-access=registration|accessdate=10 March 2020}}</ref>
|[[Multirole combat aircraft|multirole]]
| all to be retired in 2021
| F-4EJ
| 34<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[Mitsubishi F-15J]]
|[[Mitsubishi F-15J|F-15J/DJ Eagle]]
|[[Japan]]
|Japan (license production)
| 189 <ref name=":0" />
|[[Air superiority fighter| air superiority]]
| [[Mitsubishi F-15J |F-15J]]
|F-15J: 147 aircraft
F-15DJ: 42 aircraft
| 155<ref> {{cite web|url=http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/japan-receives-1st-f-35-joint-strike-fighter/ |title=Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |publisher=thediplomat.com |date=|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
|manufactured by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]]
|-
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]]
| [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35A Lightning II]]
| Japan (license production)
| [[United States]]
| 17<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|multirole
|105 left on order<ref> {{cite web|url=http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/japan-receives-1st-f-35-joint-strike-fighter/ |title=Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |publisher=thediplomat.com |date=|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
| [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II#Variants |F-35A]]
| 12<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|135 on order<ref> {{cite web|url=http://thediplomat.com/2016/12/japan-receives-1st-f-35-joint-strike-fighter/ |title=Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |publisher=thediplomat.com |date=|accessdate=19 March 2017}}</ref>
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Airborne early warning and control | AWACS]]
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" | [[Airborne early warning and control | Airborne Early Warning and Control]]
|-
|-
| [[Boeing E-767]]
| [[Boeing E-767|E-767]]
| [[United States]]
| United States
| early warning and control
|
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye|E-2 Hawkeye]]
| [[Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye|E-2C/D Hawkeye]]
| [[United States]]
| United States
| [[Airborne early warning and control|AEW]]
| [[Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye#Japan Air Self-Defense Force| E-2C/D]]
|14
|14
|E-2C: 13 aircraft, domestically upgraded to equivalent of Hawkeye 2000 standard
|12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
E-2D: 1 aircraft; 12 left on order
|-
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic Warfare]]
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"|[[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaisance]]
|-
|-
|RQ-4B Global Hawk
| [[Kawasaki C-1]]
|United States
| [[Japan]]
|n/a
| electronic warfare
|3 on order
|
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Electronic-warfare aircraft|Electronic Warfare]] / [[Signals intelligence|Signals Intelligence]]
| [[NAMC YS-11]]
| [[Japan]]
| electronic warfare
|
|4<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[Kawasaki C-1|EC-1]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
| Japan
|1<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|converted from C-1
|-
|-
| [[Boeing KC-767]]
|[[NAMC YS-11|YS-11EA]]
|Japan
| [[United States]]
|2
| aerial refueling / transport
|converted from YS-11E
|
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
| [[Boeing KC-46 Pegasus|KC-46 Pegasus]]
|[[NAMC YS-11|YS-11]]EB
| Japan
| [[United States]]
|4<ref name=":0" />
| aerial refueling / transport
|ELINT aircraft; 1 converted from YS-11C, 1 converted from YS-11P, 2 converted from YS-11EL
|
|
|-
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Aerial refueling|Tanker]]
| 3 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|-
|[[Boeing KC-767|KC-767]]
| United States
| 4<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|designated KC-767J within Boeing
|-
|-
| [[Lockheed Martin KC-130]]
| [[Lockheed Martin KC-130|KC-130H Hercules]]
| [[United States]]
| United States
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
| aerial refueling
|[[Lockheed Martin KC-130#Variants|KC-130H]]
| 2<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Boeing KC-46 Pegasus|KC-46A Pegasus]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military transport aircraft |Transport]]
| United States
|n/a
| 6 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Military transport aircraft |Transport]]
| [[Boeing 777]]
| [[United States]]
| [[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP]]
| [[Boeing 777-300ER|777-300ER]]
| 2<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Japan’s New Air Force One |url= |magazine=[[AirForces Monthly]] |location= |publisher=Key Publishing |date= June 2019|page=24}}</ref>
| call sign [[Japanese Air Force One]]
|-
|-
|[[Gulfstream IV]]
| [[Kawasaki C-1|C-1]]
| Japan
| [[United States]]
| 13<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
| transport / [[flight inspection]]<ref name="JASDF equipment">{{cite web |last = |first = |url= https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/equipment/|title = JASDF equipment |work= |publisher= mod.go.jp |year= 2020 |doi = |accessdate= 14 May 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref>
|
|<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Hawker 800]]
| [[Kawasaki C-2|C-2]]
| Japan
|[[United Kingdom]]
| 11
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / transport
|11 left on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|
|27<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130H Hercules]]
| [[Kawasaki C-1]]
| United States
| [[Japan]]
|14<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
| transport
|
| 16<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47J (LR) Chinook]]
| [[Kawasaki C-2]]
|Japan (license production)
| [[Japan]]
|15<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
| heavy transport
|
|
| 8
|12 on order<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|-
|-
|[[Gulfstream IV|U-4]]
|[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules]]
| [[United States]]
| United States
|5<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|transport
|''U-4'' is the Japanese designation for the Gulfstream IV
|[[Lockheed C-130 Hercules#Variants|C-130H]]
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|-
|-
|[[Boeing 777|B-777-300ER]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
| United States
| 2<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Japan’s New Air Force One |url= |magazine=[[AirForces Monthly]] |location= |publisher=Key Publishing |date= June 2019|page=24}}</ref>
| VIP transport
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Search and rescue|Search and Rescue]]
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-47 Chinook]]
| [[United States]]
|transport / utility
|[[Boeing CH-47 Chinook#CH-47J|CH-47J]]
|17<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
| licensed built by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]]
|-
|-
|[[British Aerospace 125|U-125A]]
|[[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|Sikorsky UH-60]]
| [[United States]]
| United Kingdom
|26<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|utility / [[Search and rescue|SAR]]<ref name= "JASDF equipment"/>
|''U-125'' is the Japanese designation for the BAe 125
|[[Mitsubishi H-60#UH-60J|UH-60J]]
|50<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
| licensed built by [[ Mitsubishi]]
|-
|-
|[[Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60J Black Hawk]]
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer Aircraft]]
| Japan (license production)
|35<ref name=":0" />
|
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Trainer (aircraft)|Trainer]]
|[[Fuji T-3]]
|-
| [[Japan]]
|[[Fuji T-7|T-7]]
| trainer
| Japan
|
|49<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|49<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Mitsubishi F-15J]]
|[[Kawasaki T-4|T-4]]
|[[Japan]]
| Japan
|197<ref name=":0" />
| conversion trainer
| [[Mitsubishi F-15J#Variants |F-15DJ]]
| 45<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|manufactured by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]]
|-
|[[Hawker 400]]
|[[United States]]
|jet trainer
| [[Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk|T-1 Jayhawk]]
| 13<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
| [[Mitsubishi F-2]]
|[[Hawker 400|T-400]]
|United States
| [[Japan]]
| 13<ref name="World Air Forces 2020" />
|conversion trainer
|based on [[Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk|T-1A Jayhawk]]; ''T-400'' is the Japanese designation for the Hawker 400
|[[Mitsubishi F-2#Variants|F-2B]]
|-
| 26<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
! colspan="4" style="align: center; background: lavender;"|[[Flight inspection|Flight Inspection]]
|-
|[[NAMC YS-11|YS-11FC]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Main Equipment|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/equipment|last=|first=|date=|website=Japan Air Self Defense Force|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
|Japan
|2
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Kawasaki T-4]]
|[[British Aerospace 125|U-125]]
|United Kingdom
| [[Japan]]
|2
|jet trainer
|
|200<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Cessna Citation Latitude|U-680A]]
| [[NAMC YS-11]]
|United States
| [[Japan]]
|2
| multi engine trainer
|1 left on order; ''U-680'' is the Japanese designation for the Citation Latitude
|
|2<ref name="World Air Forces 2020"/>
|
|}
|}



==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:58, 15 May 2020

"Japanese Air Force" redirects here. For other uses, see Japanese Air Force (disambiguation).
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
航空自衛隊
Japan Air Self-Defense Force emblem
Founded1 July 1954; 70 years ago (1954-07-01)[1]
Country Japan
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size50,324 personnel (2013)[2]
745 aircraft
Part of Japan Self-Defense Forces
Garrison/HQIchigaya, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Motto(s)"Key to Defense, Ready Anytime!"
Websitewww.mod.go.jp/asdf
Commanders
Prime Minister of JapanPM Shinzō Abe
Minister of DefenseTarō Kōno
Chief of Staff, Joint StaffGeneral Kōji Yamazaki
Chief of the Air StaffGeneral Yoshinari Marumo
Insignia
Roundel
Flag
Aircraft flown
Electronic
warfare		E-767, EC-1, E-2C/D, YS-11EA/EB
FighterF-15J/DJ, F-2A/B, F-35A, F-4EJ/EJ Kai
HelicopterUH-60J, CH-47J (LR)
TrainerT-7, T-400, T-4
TransportC-1, C-2, KC-767, C-130H, Boeing 777-300ER
Air Defense Identification Zone of Japan
Hyakuri Air Base aerial view

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (航空自衛隊, Kōkū Jieitai), JASDF, also referred to as the Japanese Air Force,[3] is the air warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and for other aerospace operations.[4] The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan, while also maintaining a network of ground and air early-warning radar systems. The branch also has an aerobatic team known as Blue Impulse and has provided air transport in UN peacekeeping missions.

The JASDF had an estimated 50,000 personnel as of 2013, and as of 2020 operates about 740 aircraft, approximately 330 of them fighter aircraft.[5]

As early as Fiscal Year 2021, the service's name will change to the Japan Aerospace Self-Defense Force in recognition of the increasing importance of the space domain.[6]

History

See also: Military history of Japan

Japan did not have a separate air force before and during World War II. Aviation operations were carried out by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (Kōkūtai). Following World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were disbanded in 1945. Article 9 of the United States–written 1947 constitution prevented Japan from having a regular military.

On 1 July 1954, the National Security Board was reorganized as the Defense Agency, and the National Security Force was reorganized afterwards as the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Army), the Coastal Safety Force was reorganized as the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Navy) and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (de facto post-war Japanese Air Force) was established as a new branch of JSDF. General Keizō Hayashi was appointed as the first Chairman of Joint Staff Council—professional head of the three branches. The enabling legislation for this was the 1954 Self-Defense Forces Act (Act No. 165 of 1954).[7] [8][9]

The Far East Air Force, U.S. Air Force, announced on 6 January 1955, that 85 aircraft would be turned over to the fledgling Japanese air force on about 15 January, the first equipment of the new force.[10]

The JASDF Air Defense Command Headquarters was relocated from Fuchu Air Base to Yokota Air Base on March 26, 2012. The relocation is due to the 2002 Defense Policy Review Initiative. The purpose is to strengthen the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. The ADC Headquarters does command and control operations to defend Japanese airspace.

Until 2015, women were banned from becoming fighter jet and reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The first female pilot of a F-15 joined the ranks, along with three other female pilots currently in training, in 2018.[11]

Since 2008, the number of scrambles to intercept Chinese aircraft has increased rapidly. In 2010 there were scrambles against 31 Chinese aircraft and 193 Russian aircraft. In 2018 scrambles increased to against 638 Chinese aircraft and 343 Russian aircraft. Chinese aircraft flight paths are mostly in the East China Sea, around the Ryukyu islands and through the Korea Strait. Russia frequently conducts flights orbiting Japan with military aircraft.[12]

The Ministry of Defense reported in fiscal 2018 that there were 999 scrambles by JASDF jets against mainly Chinese and Russian unidentified aircraft. That is the second highest amount of scrambles by the JASDF since 1958. 638 (64%) were Chinese aircraft and 343 (34%) were Russian aircraft. On June 20 2019, two Russian bombers (Tupolev Tu-95) violated Japanese airspace twice on the same day.[13]

  • JASDF Lockheed T-33 jet trainers in 1955
    JASDF Lockheed T-33 jet trainers in 1955
  • Number of scrambles and its breakdown of the JASDF (2010 - 2018)
    Number of scrambles and its breakdown of the JASDF (2010 - 2018)

Organization

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Defense Command Headquarters (2012)

Major units of the JASDF are the Air Defense Command, Air Support Command, Air Training Command, Air Development and Test Command, and Air Materiel Command. The Air Support Command is responsible for direct support of operational forces in rescue, transportation, control, weather monitoring and inspection. The Air Training Command is responsible for basic flying and technical training. The Air Development and Test Command, in addition to overseeing equipment research and development, is also responsible for research and development in such areas as flight medicine.

F-15DJ Eagle
F-2B

The Air Defense Command has northern, central, and western regional headquarters located at Misawa, Iruma, and Kasuga, respectively and the Southwestern Composite Air Division based at Naha, Okinawa Prefecture. All four regional headquarters control surface-to-air missile units of both the JASDF and the JGSDF located in their respective areas.

KC-767 tanker in 2017

JASDF Flag

Flag of the JASDF

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force flag was first adopted in 1955 after the JASDF was created in 1954. It is based on a cap badge made in 1954. The flag is cobalt blue with a gold winged eagle on top of a combined star, the moon, the Hinomaru sun disc and clouds.[14][15] The latest version of the JASDF flag was re-adopted on 19 March 2001.[16] The JASDF flag is different from the JSDF flag and the JGSDF flag. It is determined by a directive regarding the flags of the JSDF.

Ranks

Main article: Military ranks and insignia of the Japan Self-Defense Forces § Air Self-Defense Force

Officers（幹部）

NATO code OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Rank 空将
（統合幕僚長および航空幕僚長）		 空将 空将補 1等空佐 2等空佐 3等空佐 1等空尉 2等空尉 3等空尉
English translation General Lieutenant general Major general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Insignia Type A
（甲階級章）
Insignia Type B
（乙階級章）
Insignia Miniature Type
（略章）

Warrant Officer and Enlisted（准尉および曹士）

NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1 OR-D
Rank 准空尉 空曹長 1等空曹 2等空曹 3等空曹 空士長 1等空士 2等空士 自衛官候補生
English translation Warrant officer Senior master sergeant Master sergeant Technical sergeant Staff sergeant Airman 1st class Airman 2nd class Airman 3rd class Self defense official cadet
Insignia Type A
（甲階級章）

Insignia Type B
（乙階級章）
Insignia Miniature Type
（略章） 		No insignia

Aircraft

Aircraft Origin In service Notes
Fighter
F-2A/B Japan 88[17] F-2A: 58 aircraft

F-2B: 30 aircraft

F-4EJ/EJ Kai Phantom II Japan (license production) 34[18] all to be retired in 2021
F-15J/DJ Eagle Japan (license production) 189 [17] F-15J: 147 aircraft

F-15DJ: 42 aircraft

F-35A Lightning II Japan (license production) 17[18] 105 left on order[19]
Airborne Early Warning and Control
E-767 United States 4[18]
E-2C/D Hawkeye United States 14 E-2C: 13 aircraft, domestically upgraded to equivalent of Hawkeye 2000 standard

E-2D: 1 aircraft; 12 left on order

Reconnaisance
RQ-4B Global Hawk United States n/a 3 on order
Electronic Warfare / Signals Intelligence
EC-1 Japan 1[18] converted from C-1
YS-11EA Japan 2 converted from YS-11E
YS-11EB Japan 4[17] ELINT aircraft; 1 converted from YS-11C, 1 converted from YS-11P, 2 converted from YS-11EL
Tanker
KC-767 United States 4[18] designated KC-767J within Boeing
KC-130H Hercules United States 2[18]
KC-46A Pegasus United States n/a 6 on order[18]
Transport
C-1 Japan 13[18]
C-2 Japan 11 11 left on order[18]
C-130H Hercules United States 14[18]
CH-47J (LR) Chinook Japan (license production) 15[18]
U-4 United States 5[18] U-4 is the Japanese designation for the Gulfstream IV
B-777-300ER United States 2[20] VIP transport
Search and Rescue
U-125A United Kingdom 26[18] U-125 is the Japanese designation for the BAe 125
UH-60J Black Hawk Japan (license production) 35[17]
Trainer
T-7 Japan 49[18]
T-4 Japan 197[17]
T-400 United States 13[18] based on T-1A Jayhawk; T-400 is the Japanese designation for the Hawker 400
Flight Inspection
YS-11FC[21] Japan 2
U-125 United Kingdom 2
U-680A United States 2 1 left on order; U-680 is the Japanese designation for the Citation Latitude


See also

References

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