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The Mitsubishi F-X (unofficially called F-3) is a sixth-generation stealth fighter in development for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). It is Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter jet and will replace the Mitsubishi F-2 by the mid-2030s. [1]
XF3H-1 prototype on USS Coral Sea in 1953 The first F3H-1N in 1954. Although the existence of the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter program was unknown to U.S. intelligence at the time, the United States Navy anticipated the appearance of high-performance Soviet jet fighters, and issued requirements for a high-performance swept wing naval fighter on 21 May 1948. [6]
The better known F4F Wildcat of World War II was a monoplane development of an improved F3F biplane design. This XF4F-3 prototype clearly shows the family lines.. The first production F3F-1 (BuNo 0211) was delivered on 29 January 1936 to the test group at Naval Air Station Anacostia, with squadron service beginning in March to VF-5B of Ranger and VF-6B of Saratoga.
Felixstowe F.3, a 1917 British First World War flying boat; Hannover F.3, a World War I German prototype escort fighter; HMS Cossack, a 1937 British Royal Navy destroyer; HMS F3, a British F class submarine; McDonnell F3H Demon (later F-3 Demon), a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter; Mk F3 155mm, French self-propelled gun
The Douglas F3D Skyknight (later redesignated F-10 Skyknight) is an American twin-engined, mid-wing jet fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed in response to a 1945 United States Navy requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night fighter.
Single-seat fighter (an improved longer-range variant of the F.3). It featured new wings with better efficiency and subsonic performance, overwing fuel tanks and a larger ventral fuel tank, reintroduction of 30 mm cannon (initially no cannon but later in the forward part of the ventral pack rather than in the nose), use of Red Top missiles.
The fighter prototype was expected to be fully developed by 2018. [14] The ATD-X program will then lead to the Mitsubishi F-3, which should carry sixth-generation technology, and is expected to be produced in 2027. [15] The ATD-X prototype was officially unveiled on 29 January 2016.
Hornet F.3 Fighter version, 132 built. Hornet FR.4 Fighter-reconnaissance version, 12 built. Sea Hornet F.20 A navalised version for service on British aircraft carriers, 79 built. Sea Hornet NF.21 Fleet Air Arm night fighter powered by Merlin 133/134 engines, 72 built. Sea Hornet PR.22 Photo-reconnaissance version, 23 built.