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Japan T-2 "69-5127" Red 27, Aggressor Sqn., JASDF, 1988
General Background
The Mitsubishi T-2 is a two-engined two-seat jet trainer manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was operated by the Japan Air Self Defense Force from 1975 – 2006. The flight instructor sat behind the student in a raised seat that allowed him to visually monitor the student’s actions. There was a windblast screen between them that created separate clamshell canopies for each person. T-2s were also used by a dedicated Aggressor Squadrons until they were replaced by F-15 Eagle.
The Aircraft
The base at Nyutabaru is home to the JASDF Air Training Command, Air Basic Training Wing and Flying Training Squadron. The Mitsubishi T-2 was introduced in 1975 and by 2006 all but a few aircraft had been retired. Some T-2s were used as Aggressors and given a special paint scheme simulating Soviet aircraft during the Cold War. The 8 T-2 Aggressors were replaced with the F-15DJ. Aircraft 69-5127 "Red 27" has been preserved with its Hiko Kyodotai (Tactical Fighter Training Squadron) Aggressor paint scheme at the Nyutabaru Air Base.
Specifications :
| Role: | Multi-role Light Fighter and Maritime Attack |
| Crew: | 1 x pilot |
| Dimensions | |
| Length: | 17.66 m (57 ft 11 in) |
| Wingspan: | 7.88 m (25 ft 10 in) |
| Height: | 4.39 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Wing Area: | 21.2 m |
| Weight: | |
| Empty: | 6,358 kg (14,017 lb) |
| Maximum take-off: | 13,674 kg (30,146 lb) |
| Performance | |
| Power Plant: | 2 x Ishikawa-Harima TF40-801A After-burning Turbofan |
| Each Producing 32.4 kN (7,280 lbf ) (License Built Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca Adour Mk 801A) | |
| Maximum speed: | 1,700 km/h (1,060 mph) |
| Rate of Climb: | 118 m/s (35,000 ft/min) |
| Service Ceiling: | 15,250 m (50,020 ft) |
| Range: | 1,130 km (705 miles) |
| Armament: | 1 x 20 mm JM61A1 Vulcan Cannon |
| AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles | |
| Mitsubishi AAM-1 | |
| Mitsubishi ASM-1/2 Anti-ship Missiles | |
| JLAU-3A 70 mm Rocket Pods | |
| RL-7 70 mm Rockets | |
| RL-4 125 mm Rockets | |
| Mk-82 500 lb General Purpose Bomb | |
| M117 750 lb General Purpose Bomb | |
| GCS-1 – IR Guided Versions of the Mk-82 | |
| All Can Be Carried On | |
| 4 x Under-Wing Pylons, 1 x Under-Fuselage Pylon, 2 x Wingtip Missile Rails |