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F-1 "Kaizen" - Close Air Support Fighter -

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ORIGIN: (Real World) Japan

GAMES FEATURED IN: Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

OPERATORS: Aurelian Air Force Belkan Air Force Leasath Air Force Ustian Air Force

ACE SQUADRONS/PILOT: Kritiker /BAF (ACZ) Wetterman / BAF (ACZ) Biene / BAF (ACZ) Shiva / LAF (ACX)

SPECIAL WEAPONS: Gun / 1 x 20mm JM61A1 Vulcan Cannon Standard Missiles / AIM-9M Sidewinders RCL / LAU-68 Rocket Pods (ACZ/ACX) LASM / ASM-1 Air-to-Surface Missile (ACZ/ACX) UGBL / MK.84 (ACZ/ACX)

ACE COMBAT ZERO STATS: Speed: 45 Mobility: 30 Stability: 46 Defense: 40 Air-to-Air: 17 Air-to-Ground: 60

REAL-LIFE BIO: The F-1 support fighter, which sports an uncanny resemblance to the SEPECAT Jaguar, has served the Japan Air Self Defense Force since 1977, first serving as the T-2 supersonic trainer, and is now being phased out by the far more capable F-2 Support Fighter. Developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, The F-1 was a domestically produced aircraft developed to serve primarily in the ground attack role, but could be fitted with AIM-9 missiles for interception duty. With a modest speed of 1700kmh and a combat range of 1130km, the F-1 has always been derived as a bit of an underperformer in the military aviation industry, however it does distingush itself as a reliable, attractive attacker aircraft. As the United States began exporting the F-4 and F-15 to foreign nations, Japan would take hold of those fighters and relegate the F-1 as a light border and maritime patrol aircraft. Service-life extentions kept the F-1 fleet flying far longer than its inital concept, but, like the F-4, the F-1 is rapidly being phased out of service.

SOURCES: The Ace Combat Series (game weapons loadings) Global Security.org Fighter Planes.com Federation of American Scientists Military Analysis Network