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Japan's X-2 fighter jet prototype took to the skies.
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World Aviation Defense & Security News - Japan
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Japan's X-2 fighter jet prototype took to the skies
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After a short delay due to weather conditions, Japan's indigenously made X-2 fighter prototype finally took to the skies today morning, local media announced. The nation’s first stealth plane prototype, the X-2, took off from Nagoya airfield in central Japan around 8.50am, Defence Ministry Programme Manager Hirofumi Doi. The jet landed safely at Gifu Air Base in Gifu Prefecture at 9.13am, Doi said.
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 Japan's X-2 fighter jet prototype performing its maiden flight today at Nagoya airfield |
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The aircraft is a product of years of experience in fighter-aircraft manufacturing by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, which also made the A6M or Zero, the famous single-seat plane which made its mark during World War II. The X-2 could become the basis for a new fighter jet to replace the F-2, which entered service in 2000 and is also manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy, according to the Japanese defence ministry.
The defence ministry will study the flight data from Friday to make further developments to the aircraft, Doi said. |
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