――The Mitsubishi T-2 is a supersonic trainer of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
――At that time, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force was becoming mainstream with aircraft with significantly higher flight performance than the previous F-86F, such as the deployment of the F-104J and the decision to introduce the F-4EJ.
――For this reason, the education of pilots on board them became a problem, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force decided to introduce a new supersonic jet trainer.
――Initially, it was considered whether to develop the T-38 used by the US Air Force at that time or to develop it in Japan, but it was decided to develop it in Japan.
--The Technical Research and Development Institute of the Defense Agency submitted specifications to domestic aircraft manufacturers, and in September 1967, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was the main contractor, and the XT project started with other companies cooperating in production.
――The XT plan is a twin-engine training aircraft plan for repositioning, but as a major feature, it was required from the beginning that it could be developed into a support fighter (FS-X) at the same time.
--The first plan for the prototype of the XT-2 project was signed in March 1968, and the mockup was completed in April 1969.
――After that, the first prototype was rolled out on April 23, 1971, and made its maiden flight on July 20, 1971.
――The outline of the T-2 is a return seat, twin-engine engine with a Rolls-Royce Chulbomeca Adore Mk801A afterburner, and a maximum thrust of 3,310 kg.
――The main wing is a high wing type clipped delta wing with a valgus angle of 9 degrees, and the biggest feature is that the lateral control was changed to a spoiler instead of aileron.
――This is in consideration of the large area of the main wing flap.
――The air intake, which is one of the difficulties of supersonic aircraft, is a fixed lamp type with 6 auxiliary air intakes around it.
--Fixed armament is equipped with the M61A-1 Vulcan cannon.
-Although the on-board radar is equipped with the domestic J / AWG-11 radar FCS developed by Mitsubishi Electric, these are not installed in the T-2 early model used in the fighter aircraft maneuvering basic course. ..
――As mentioned above, there were two T-2 trainer aircraft, the early model and the late model.
--Students who have completed the basic flight control course on the T-33A and obtained the wing mark will enter the combat flight control basic course at Matsushima Air Base.
――The T-2 early model is used at this time, and students will learn the basic knowledge about supersonic flight and maneuvering with the T-2.
――Students who have completed this will proceed to the next battle maneuvering course.
――The late T-2 model used at this time learned how to operate fighter aircraft such as shooting with an aircraft equipped with radar and Vulcan guns, and student pilots who graduated from this were assigned to each actual combat unit.
――The T-2 deployed at Matsushima Air Base in 1975 has been used for student training for nearly 30 years, but in 2004 the successor was handed over to the F-2B and retired from the training flight.
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