Mitsubishi F-2 'Viper'
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
Multirole fighter, air superiority fighter
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| Manufacturer(s) | Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries / Lockheed Martin |
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| Prototype first flight | 7 octobre 1995 |
Introduction | 2000 |
| Produced | 1995-2011 |
Number built | 98 * |
| Status | In service |
Crew | 1 (F-2A), 2 (F-2B) |
(*) including 61 F-2A, 33 F-2B and 4 prototypes
| Variants | |||
| XF-2A | Single-seat prototypes. | ||
| XF-2B | Two-seat prototypes. | ||
| F-2A | Single-seat fighter version. | ||
| F-2B | Two-seat training version. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 15.52 m |
Empty Weight | 9527 kg (F-2A), 9633 kg (F-2B) |
| Wingspan | 10.8 m *, 11.125 m |
Loaded Weight | 13459 kg (clean) |
| Height | 4.69 m |
Max takeoff weight | 22100 kg |
| Wing area | 34.84 m² |
Wing loading | 634.3 kg/m² |
(*) without missile launchers
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 20 mm (0.787 in) JM61A1
Vulcan 6-barrel rotary cannon |
Ammunition Carried |
512 |
| Hardpoints | maximum weapon load of 8085 kg
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| Rockets | 4 × LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each
with 19/7 × Hydra 70 mm/APKWS[295] rockets, respectively) 4 × LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 × CRV7 70 mm rockets) 4 × LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 × Zuni 127 mm rockets) |
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| Missiles | Air-to-air missiles: |
Mitsubishi AAM-3, Mitsubishi AAM-4, Mitsubishi AAM-5, AIM-9 Sidewinder, AIM-7 Sparrow |
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| Air-to-surface missiles: | various free-fall bombs with GCS-1 IIR
seeker heads, JDAM |
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| Anti-ship missiles: | ASM-1 and ASM-2 anti-ship missiles | ||
| Others | J/AAQ-2 FLIR, AN/AAQ-33 |
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| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 ×
General Electric F110-IHI-129 afterburning turbofan
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| Dry thrust | 7711 kgp
(76.31 kN) |
Thrust with afterburner | 13381 kgp (131kN) |
| Thrust/weight | 0.606
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Fuel Capacity | 5678 L internal (3642
kg)* |
(*) 1x 1135.5 L + 2x 2271.25 L drop-tanks
| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 2124 km/h
(Mach 2) at high altitude 1472 km/h (Mach 1.2) at sea level |
Cruise Speed | ? km/h |
| Rate of Climb | ? m/s |
Service ceiling | 18000 m plus |
| Combat Range | 833 km |
Ferry Range | 1700 km with drop-tanks |
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | aviationsmilitaires.net | ||
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