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I like fighter planes. So that's why I decided to write about JASDF on this blog.
At the end of this blog, I introduce an opening movie which made me so excited and interested in fighter jets.
Thank you for reading!!

The Military Balance around JAPAN

No one hopes that a war break out. However, there are areas where a war or a battle has broken out or being tensed in the world.
Japan is surrounded by seas, so we are more likely to be attacked from the sea or the airspace than the ground.
Russia,China,DPRK....There are dangerous(in various meanings) countries around Japan.
Russia has Mig29series, Su-27 series, which are as strong as F-15series, and stealth fighters called T-50.

Please check out the video below.

By the way, F-X was decided at last. Japan has decided to introduce F-35s to make up F-4J's retirering.

Here is a picture of  F-35.

However, Is that stealth fignter jet delivered on time?? Please tell me if you know when they are delivered for Japan.

BLUE IMPULSE ~The Aerobatic Team~

There are many aerobatic teams in the world. They are belong to the airforces of their own countries, and display astonishing flignt techniques.
BLUE IMPULSE,which is belong to JASDF is one of  the best aerobatic teams in the world.
Their plane is T-4, which is a plane for practicing flight tequniques in Japan.
Anyway, watch this video.

If you would like to see BLUE IMPULSE more, you can buy DVDs on the Internet.

JASDF's duties when we are in disaster...

We can't forget the 3.11 disaster...
I was also one who involved that tragedy.(I was in Ibaraki prefecture. The seismic intensity was 6.)
I could survive but the supply of water and erectricity were stopped.
However, Water was supplied immediately by JGSDF in my region, So I could have water to drink.
You saw a lot of scenes on TV in which the members of JSDF search for lost people, checking Fukushima nuclear powerplant or servicing bath at some stricken area.

Now I would like to introduce a lot of what JASDF did for us.
                             
<The summary of their activities>
+supporting spraying water on nuclear power plants
+the number of people saved their lives: 3453
+the amount of supplies delivered: 3844.2t
and more...

The daily duties of JASDF part2

Now, part2!!
+++Service+++
Inspecting and servicing aircrafts and vehicles.

+++Facilities+++
Managing runways and buildings of a base, or erectricities and boilar.

+++Hygiene+++
In charge of a medical checkup and a physical examination for JASDF's members.

Now,I would like to introduce the web manga which are useful to know not only JASDF but JSDF.(Sorry, only japanese~.)

"Jiei no oshigoto"(The Duties of JSDF)  auther : hitori
It is really interesting and useful to understand the organization of the JSDF. Why don't you read it?
On a personal note, I think the author hitori is the best coterie author: )

The Daily duties of JASDF

You may think that the work of JASDF is only "intercepting enemy aircrafts".(This is a bit over description.)
However, JASDF has a lot of duties,which are very important!!

++Aerial Duties++
Piloting fighter,transport,reconnaissance plane,AWACS,rescue plane and v.i.p plane, they defence air,collect information,search for people who is lost and supply supplies.

+++Air Traffic Controll+++
Instructing airplanes which will land or take off at an airfield.

+++Ambush Controll+++
Watching our territorial airspace and finding approaching aircrafts(including unkown,sometimes invade the territorial airspase).If it is the time, they lead fighter jets to intercept.

The Aircrafts of JASDF part 2

<Transport aircraft>
Transport aircraft is used to deliver troops, weapons and other military equipment. Its operation includes transporting VIP. JASDF has a lot of transport aircraft.

C-1

The C1 is a short-range transport.It was made by Kawasaki Heavy industries.The number of built is 31.The maximum flight range is 1,300 km.
As you can see, It is very cute.

C-130H

The C-130H is a four-engine turboprop transport aircraft.It was made by Lockheed.
JASDF purchased 16 in total from Lockheed by 1998. C-130H can flight longer than C-1 because it doesn't have jet engines. The maximum range is 3,800km.
JASDF C-130Hs was active in Iraq for the transportation for 2004-2008.

The Aircrafts of JASDF

Today, I would like to introduce the aircraft of JASDF!!
The previous article, I've written a lot of aircraft's names(F-15J, F-2A/B, CH-47J, etc...).
Let's take a look!

<Fighter>
Fighter has been responsible for commanding the air, intercepting enemy fighters, attackers and bombers. However, modern fighter jets can sortie many  kind of operations. For example, in addition to the description above, they can carry GPS guiding bombs, Anti surface-to-air(SAM) missiles like AGM-88 or jamming systems. So, today's fighter jets are mostly categorized  in "multi-role fighter". Eurofighter typhoon(EU), Su-35(Russia), F-15E(USA), F/A18 series(USA), F-35(USA,in the process of developing) are categorized in it. Although F-2A/B is called "support fighter" in Japan, its actual ability is multi-role fighter.
There are three types of fighter jet in Japan.
F-15J/DJ

F-15J/DJ is a main jet fighter in Japan. It is based on F-15C, which was the strongest intercepting fighter jet in the world until appearing of F-22. F-15J has an excellent BVR(Beyond Visual Range) shooting ability.It also has an high-level maneuverability, so is good at WVR(Within Visual Range) combat.
JASDF has used F-15J/DJ more than for 30 years, so they improve some parts of the aircrafts. That modernized version of F-15J is called F-15kai.

F-2A/B

F-2A/B is a support fighter in Japan. It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy industries and Lockheed Martin. F-2 is based on F-16C block40/42. So they look like the same, but F-2 is largely modified from F-16C!

First, F-2 can carry four ASM-1 or ASM-2(both are Air to ship missile.)in a sortie!

Therefore F-2 is the strongest fignter jet in Air to ship mission in the world.

Also, F-2 has a  quick maneuverability in the air.