-Mitsubishi F-1 is an Air Self-Defense Force support fighter.
-At that time, the Air Self-Defense Force was becoming the mainstream aircraft with much higher flight performance than the previous F-86F, such as the deployment of F-104J and the decision to introduce F-4EJ.
-With this, the education of pilots who board them has become a problem.
-For this reason, the JASDF has decided to introduce a new supersonic jet training aircraft.
-Initially, it was considered whether the T-38 used by the US Air Force at that time or a new domestic development, but decided to domestic development.
-The Defense Agency Technical Research Division submitted specifications to a domestic aircraft manufacturer. In September 1967, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was the main contractor, and other companies cooperated in production to start the XT project.
-The XT plan is a double-engined training plane plan for reintroduction, 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.
-In March 1968, the XT-2 project was completed with the first plan for trial production, and the mockup was completed in April 1969.
-Later, the first prototype rolled out on April 23, 1971, and made its first flight on July 20, 1971.
-The outline of the T-2's fuselage is back-seat and double-engined, and the engine is equipped with a British Rolls-Royce Churvomeka Adore Mk801A afterburner with a maximum thrust of 3,310kg.
-The main wing is a clipped delta wing with a high wing type and a 9 degree angle. The biggest feature is that the lateral control is changed to a spoiler.
-This is due to the fact that the main wing flap has a large area.
-The air intake, one of the difficulties of supersonic aircraft, is a fixed lamp type with six auxiliary air intakes around it.
-Fixed armament is equipped with M61A-1 Vulcan gun.
-In addition, the on-board radar is equipped with a domestically produced J / AWG-11 radar FCS developed by Mitsubishi Electric, but these are not installed on the T-2 early model used in the fighter aircraft basic course .
-FSX (later F-1) is a support fighter with T-2 as a single seat and electronic equipment on the back seat.
-The F-1 prototype T-2 special specification machine was assigned to the T-2 Nos. 106 and 107, and testing began in June 1975.
-The first F-1 unit rolled out on February 15, 1977, and made its first flight on June 16, 1977.
-The change from T-2 to F-1 is from single seat to back seat, and the rear seat space is equipped with electronic devices such as navigation system and attack system enhanced from T-2.
-The radar installed on the T-2 is the same, but it is a J / AWG-12 radar FCS linked to an inertial navigation system, armament drop control computer, radio altimeter, and air data computer.
-In particular, the inertial navigation system is an important device for support fighters who can approach the attack target at sea without receiving navigation assistance.
In addition, since the radar warning device is equipped, the fairing shape of the tip of the vertical tail is changed.
-The F-1 is primarily responsible for ground attack and anti-ship attack, but ASM-1 missiles developed for anti-ship attacks can be installed under both wings.
-Air-to-air missiles can also be installed because it is also used as a secondary air-to-air defense.
-The F-1 deployment base was operated at two bases, Misawa and Tsukishiro.
[F-1 data]
-Crew: 1 person
-Full width: 7.88m (excluding wing tip launcher)
-Total length: 17.85m (including Pitot tube)
-Height: 4.45m
-Engine: Ishikawajima-Harima TF40-IHI-801A (Rolls-Royce / Turbo Mecha RB162 / T260 Adore Mk801A licensed production)
-Number of engines: 2
-Engine output (1 unit): Military 2,320kg / AB use maximum 3,310kg
-Maximum speed: Mach 1.6 / 11,000m
-Sea level rise rate: 11.160m / min
-Fixed armed: 20mm
-M61A-1 cannon x1
-F-1 mass production No. 1 (No. 201)
-First flight: June 16, 1977
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )