f-2

US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, six F-16 Fighting Falcons and four Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s fly in formation off the coast of northern Japan, Feb. 3, 2020.

The F-2 support fighter is a joint US/Japan development programme, with Mitsubishi as prime contractor and Lockheed Martin as main US subcontractor

is a Japanese fighter aircraft manufactured by Mitsubishi. It is based on the American F-16.In October 1987, Japan selected the F-16 as the basis of its new fighter, to replace the Mitsubishi F-1. The F-2 programme has been controversial, because the unit cost is roughly 4 times that of a Block...