Don ChanFYI, I already contributed illusts to the other F-2 threads in this forum.
To be concise, the original FS-X concept was a F-18-like fighter with two engines, two tail fins, and two canards under the fuselage, similar to the F-16 CCV and T-2 CCV.
Ever after the one-engine F-104, the JASDF prefers a two-engine fighter, and has chosen the F-4 and F-15.
Don Chanhttp://www.asagumo-news.com/news/200709/070920/07092011.html
Saturday, 1 September 2007:
3rd Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Misawa AB, Misawa Prefecture.
50th anniversary.
Remembrance for members killed on duty.
Flight of five F-2, and flight of four F-4EJ Kai.
Misawa AB air show on 2 September.
In December 1957 (Shouwa 32), established at Matsushima AB, Miyagi Prefecture. Equipped with F-86D and F-86F.
Later, moved to Komaki AB, Aichi Prefecture.
1978 (Shouwa 53), moved to Misawa AB.
Equipped with F-1, F-4, and from 2000 (Heisei 12), F-2.
2009 (Heisei 21), will have two Hikoutai of F-2.
Don ChanRepublic of Taiwan
[I don’t know how deep in details, or how far back in time, are the accident data in F-16.net, so these might be old news.]
25 January 1999:
F-16B. 6813.
22nd TFS, ROCAF, based at Chia Yi AB, and deployed to Hua Lien AB.
Crashed into Jin Zhen Mountain, in Tai Ma Li Mountain area, Tai Tung County.
Two pilots killed. Pilot Major Dai Wei Kang, co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Chang Chia Kun.
http://www.f-16.net/f-16_fighting_falcon_airframe-4196.html
At 16:15, it took off at Hua Lien AB, and flew to Tai Tung air-space, for instrument flight training.
At 16:40, it began TACAN training, 23 klicks from Tai Tung AB, and searching for magnetic track R-210.
Seven minutes later, or reportedly 16:54, it disppeared from radar screens, in direction of magnetic track R-232 from beacon.
At 17:03, Chih Hang AB scrambled S-70C SAR helo.
At 17:40, helo reported fire and explosions in Tai Ma Li Mountain area.
At 20:30, personnel on ground reached the wreck, in a tea farm, in Bei Li Village, 860 m ASL.
Tea factory caught fire, but no civilian wounded.
On previous day, Dai flew same course and training.
Just before accident, while descending with TACAN, the aircraft should turn right 30 degrees for landing, but didn’t, at a spot about 3-5 NM from coast.
ATC advised the pilots, but after 48 seconds, the aircraft crashed into Jin Zhen Mountain.
Local weather was clouds and light rain from 1,500′ AGL, or 4,000′ ASL.
Chang (43 or 45?) had 3,000 flight hours.
Dai (30) had 1,300 flight hours.
Dai’s wife’s younger sister’s boyfriend [or fiance?], Zhang Jia Cheng, was also a ROCAF F-16 pilot who crashed in the previous year, on 20 March 1998.
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!NOQX0.GAHxQHeOOBxrQ-/article?mid=363&pk=F-16+%E6%84%8F%E5%A4%96
is a Chinese article dated 25 July 2007. The blogger remembers when he was in Primary Six (sixth year of primary school) or Secondary One, he practised Tae Kwon Do with Dai Wei Kang.
The blogger re-posts news articles about the accident.
http://www.people.com.cn/GB/junshi/60/20010306/410053.html
http://taiwantp.net/cgi/roadbbs.pl?board_id=8&type=show_post&post=148
http://washeng.net/HuaShan/RECS/JiaoTong/b5current/2555.shtml
20 March 1998:
F-16B. 6828 [not 6811].
ROCAF, based at Chia Yi AB.
14:30, missing, about 50 NM southwest of Peng Hu.
Latitude north 23 degrees 37 minutes; longitude east 118 degrees 53 minutes.
Two pilots missing, bodies not recovered, assumed killed. Pilot Captain Zhang Jia Cheng (28), co-pilot Major Wen (34).
First ROCAF F-16 crash.
13:58, took off at Chia Yi AB.
During training, crashed into sea, west of Hua Yu, Peng Hu County.
Wen had 1,661 flight hours, including 220 hours with F-16.
Zhang had 975 flight hours, including 108 hours with F-16.
A Chinese article dated 17 January 2002, in the ETtoday news site, at
http://www.ettoday.com/2002/01/17/706-1251439.htm
reported: on 13 January, about 16:00, a fishing ship caught about 20 pieces of military aircraft debris, east of Hua Yu.
http://www.ettoday.com/2002/01/18/706-1251521.htm
reported: soon, the marking and shape of one piece of debris appeared as a Mk 20 cluster bomb shell. A bombing range is 20 klicks from Hua Yu, so the debris may not be F-16.
http://www.people.com.cn/GB/junshi/60/20010306/410053.html
http://taiwantp.net/cgi/roadbbs.pl?board_id=8&type=show_post&post=148
http://washeng.net/HuaShan/RECS/JiaoTong/b5current/2555.shtml
Don Chanhttp://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=3044313&C=america
“U.S. Missile Defense Agency Budget Funds ABL”
Posted 09/24/07 14:53
By TURNER BRINTON
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee fully funded the Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser (ABL) for 2008, likely keeping the program on track for a critical test in 2009 in which the modified Boe¬ing 747 aircraft will attempt to shoot down a target missile.
Don Chanhttp://www.rimpeace.or.jp/jrp/okinawa/070911tobomb.html
Seems the USMC F/A-18Cs bombing in or near Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, have a digital mosaic-like camo paint scheme.
I don’t know whether this is common or not.
Don Chanhttp://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/a-laser-phalanx-03783/
“A Laser Phalanx?”
12-Sep-2007 16:20 | Permanent Link
Related stories: Americas – USA, Raytheon, R&D – Private
Jane’s reports from the British DSEi exhibition that Raytheon is working on a Phalanx variant that can fire lasers. Kevin Peppe, Raytheon’s Phalanx program director, said that:
Don ChanIs PLA going to buy Mi-26???
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2007-09/09/content_6691963.htm
8 September 2007:
Mi-26TC fire-fighting helo rented by Fei Long Professional Aviation Company, at Harbin Tai Ping IAP.
Will be tasked with forest fire-fighting and hoisting high-power electric equipment.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2007-09/05/content_6666061.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2007-09/05/content_6664521.htm
Summer 2007:
PLA heloes, potential accidents.
(This is on the official Xin Hua Net, so it must be true.) 8D
Don Chanhttp://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070907-00000038-yonh-kr
reported:
Friday, 7 September 2007:
ROKAF announced accident report of KF-16D crash on 20 July 2007.
Cause as pilots’ vertigo condition.
First three of four practices normal.
In fourth practice, pilots had vertigo condition, entered clouds while in wrong position, and rapidly descended.
Aircraft and engine operations normal.
Don Chanhttp://www.nishinippon.co.jp/nnp/local/kagoshima/20070815/20070815_001.shtml
Article dated 2007.08.15.
At Inutabu Cape, Isen Town, southwestern Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, Battleship Yamato memorial tower may collapse. Town collecting fund to rebuilt tower.
Concrete and iron structure cracked and damaged by years of rain, salt, wind.
Built in 1968. Height 24 m. Facing East China Sea, shape of two palms pressed together.
Memorial ceremony every 7 April.
Don ChanRepublic of Taiwan
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070830/5/jl3o.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/photo/url/d/i/070830/5/20070830_874394/20070830_874394.jpg.html
30 August 2007:
Early morning, ROCAF F-16 arrived at Sung Shan AB, Taipei City (capital), for Sung Shan AB air show on 2 September 2007.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070901/60/jqvf.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070901/8/jqzv.html
2 September 2007:
ROCAF Ching Kuo IDF, F-16, Mirage 2000-5, and Thunder Tigers aero team participated in Sung Shan AB air show, for 70th anniversary of 814 air battle victory. 814 = August 14, but delayed to September by typhoon.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/070902/8/js7o.html
Bonus: ROCAF female NCO at said air show.
Don Chanhttp://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/seiji/20070827AT3S2402V26082007.html
Article dated 2007.08.26.
JMSDF accerlates replacement of MH-53E by MCH-101.
MH-53E has high carrying capacity, but actual heavy transportation tasks are few, and service life is 2-3 years left.
MH-53E entered service in 1986, and total quantity 11.
MCH-101 is agile and light.
Don ChanF-2 Viper Zero
Monday, 3 September 2007:
F-2.
21st Hikoutai, 4th Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Matsushima AB, Higashi Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Afternoon, dumped fuel tank into ocean.
14:48, took off, with another F-2 flown by instructor.
During take off and landing training, fuel tank under fuselage contacted runway.
Fuel tank deformed and could not lower landing gear for landing. Visually checked by wingman.
Dumped fuel tank into ocean, about 70 km east of Kinkazan Mountain, Ishimaki City.
Fuel tank held 1,200 litres, but was consumed and empty.
Safely landed. One pilot not wounded.
4 September, about 10:00, helicopter from Matsushima AB, found fuel tank floating in ocean.
Afternoon, Miyagi Japan Coast Guard patrol ship recovered fuel tank from ocean, about 70 km east of Kinkazan Mountain. Returned to Onagawa Port. Taken by Matsushima AB soldiers.
http://www.nikkansports.com/general/f-gn-tp0-20070904-251368.html
http://www.nikkansports.com/general/f-gn-tp0-20070903-251100.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070904-00000072-mailo-l04
Don Chan“Japan Eyes Defense Changes”
Sep 2, 2007
By David A. Fulghum
Don ChanEven if helo-only, is the deck/elevators too narrow/small for the CV-22 USS Osprey class transformer-helicopters [sic]?
Don “‘Sense of humour’? What’s that?” Chan
Don Chanhttp://www.asagumo-news.com/graph/070830/070830.html
Asagumo News graph special.
] It seems to be standard policy in the JMSDF to re-use WW2 warship names for new JMSDF ships, up to & including the names of battleships,
Except the JMSDF ship names are written as Japanese hiragana, not as kanji (Chinese words) as in the IJN.
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