-F-15J Eagle is the main attacking fighter of the Air Self Defense Force.
-Japan Air Self-Defense Force is the third Eagle equipped country in the world after the US Air Force and Israel.
-Until now, the Air Self-Defense Force, which used the F-104J as a fighter, investigated FX as a successor to the F-104J.
-Of the many candidate aircraft, it was decided to adopt F-15 on December 9, 1976, and the first aircraft arrived at Gifu base on March 27, 1981.
-The F-15J of the Air Self Defense Force at the time of its introduction was basically an aircraft equivalent to the F-15C Block 26 of the US Air Force, and part of the Air Self Defense Force had its own modifications.
-This is because the SDF's own automatic warning control organization (badge system) and the high-speed data device (J / ASW-10 data link system) that receives critical control from the E-2C early warning aircraft were added, and the vertical tail The main improvement was to change the antenna at the tip of the antenna to mass balance.
-The Air Self-Defense Force first deployed F-15J to Nittawara Base and focused on nurturing pilots.
-Currently, F-15J has 201 Squadron (Chitose Base), 202 Squadron (Nittawara Base), 203 Squadron (Chitose Base), 204 Squadron (Morito Base), 303 Squadron (Komatsu Base), 304 Squadron (Tsuki Castle Base) and 305 Squadron (Hyakuri Base) are deployed in seven squadrons.
-Like the US Air Force, the F-15J has a multi-stage improvement plan (MSIP), and equipment is improved and added year by year.
-For this reason, the appearance has changed as new antennas are added.
-In addition, the aircraft that can be equipped with the domestic air-to-air missile AAM-3 is also being renovated.
-The F-15J will continue to play an active role in Japan's air defense with the FS-X, which will be developed as the main fighter of the Air Self Defense Force.
(Information at the time of kit release)
