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By: - 4th December 2013 at 03:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
So where does Japan stand on the F-3 at present time?
By: - 4th December 2013 at 04:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
So where does Japan stand on the F-3 at present time?
They are supposed to fly in 2014 the tech demonstrator, now they are building the prototype of the tech demonstrator.
It is supposed to replace the F-15 by 2027 in the meantime Japan will use F-35s to replace F-4s.
According to what little has been released by magazines in Japan, they might build two variants one a FB-22 kind with no vertical tail and no horizontal tail, and a fighter type similar to the F-22
Recently they had a magazine in Japan that showed the main configurations studied, one was a YF-23 type aircraft a similar aircraft to PAKFA and another like The F-22.
They chose the F-22 type and IHI is designing the engines
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By: - 4th December 2013 at 04:22 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
They are supposed to fly in 2014 the tech demonstrator, now they are building the prototype of the tech demonstrator.
It is supposed to replace the F-15 by 2027 in the meantime Japan will use F-35s to replace F-4s.
According to what little has been released by magazines in Japan, they might build two variants one a FB-22 kind with no vertical tail and no horizontal tail, and a fighter type similar to the F-22
Recently they had a magazine in Japan that showed the main configurations studied, one was a YF-23 type aircraft a similar aircraft to PAKFA and another like The F-22.
They chose the F-22 type and IHI is designing the engines
lol I see cg images are your kryptonite.
Japan is building one stealth tech demonstrator with no bays.
that cg you have up above came from a modelling magazine. its cg.
if you're good, i can show you the actual F-3 which does not look like that.
By: - 4th December 2013 at 06:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yes, MiG-29 is correct with the YF-23-style configuration ... these are the currently studied ones:
By the way regarding the FB-22-like design I think it comes from a Japanese aviation amgazine and is more a fan art than a real design since the same mag also proposes a carrier capable version from an ac larger than the latest US CVNs.
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By: MiG-29 - 3rd December 2013 at 23:21