Mitsubishi F-2

what is it?

The Mitsubishi F-2 is a multirole fighter that was derived from the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, and manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the United States. The basis of the F-2's design is the F-16C Block 40. Production started in 1996 and the first aircraft entered service in 2000.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 2,124 km/htop speed
• size 22.1 tmax take-off weight
• built 98made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 31 years ago, in 1995.
• 🏎️Top speed is 16.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.7 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 2.0× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1995-10-07

introduced

2000

status

still flying

number built

98

role

multirole fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Mitsubishi

engines

1× General Electric F110-IHI-129

crew

1

length

15.5 m

wingspan

11.1 m

max take-off weight

22.1 t

top speed

2,124 km/h

range

—

ceiling

18,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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