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Mitsubishi F-1
Fighter · Japan · Cold War (1970–1991)
The Mitsubishi F-1 is a single-seat twin-engine supersonic strike aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was Japan's first domestically developed supersonic combat aircraft.
Specifications
- Category
- Fixed Wing
- Sub-Category
- Fighter
- Domain
- Defence
- Era
- Cold War (1970–1991)
- Country
- Japan
- Status
- Retired
- Engine
- 2× afterburning turbofan engines
- Thrust / Power
- 22.8 |eng1 kn-ab= 35.6 |eng1 lbf-ab= kN each
- Length (ft)
- 59
- Wingspan (ft)
- 26
- Empty Weight (lb)
- 14017
- MTOW (lb)
- 30146
- Service Ceiling (ft)
- 50000
- Max Speed (mph)
- 1056
- Armament
- Guns: 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) JM61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon; Bombs: Various bombs, air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and rocket pods on four underwing, two wingtip, and one underfuselage pylon. Weapons carried include AIM-9 Sidewinder, Mitsubishi AAM-1, Mitsubishi Type 80 air-to-ship missile/Type 93 air-to-ship missile anti-ship missiles, JLAU-3A 70 mm rocket pods, RL-7 70 mm rockets…