Description
The F-4EJ Phantom II is an interceptor fighter (used to intercept enemy aircraft in scrambles, etc.) adopted by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, based on the F-4E developed in the United States .
Due to the circumstances of Japan at the time, the bombing control system and aerial refueling system were removed.
Otherwise, the aircraft is almost identical to the US military's F-4E model. Production of the F-4EJ shifted to Japan partway through its production, and the last aircraft produced became the final Phantom of all time. (Total Phantom production: 5,195 aircraft).
The F-4EJ was deployed to bases throughout Japan, but now that the aircraft are old, some have been converted into the F-4EJ Kai and the reconnaissance version RF-4EJ. (This information is from the time the kit was released.)
Specifications
- Crew: 2
- Pilots Wingspan: 11.71 m
- Length: 19.20 m
- Height (from ground to tip of vertical stabilizer): 4.98 m
- Engines: 2 General Electric GE/J79-IHI-17A
- Thrust: 5,380 kg (8,120 kg with afterburner)
- Maximum speed: Mach 2.2
- Armament: 1 x 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan cannon
- Thrust is the force of the engine exhaust.
- An afterburner is a device that increases thrust by re-combusting fuel in the engine's exhaust pipe.)
