Japan's Air Force Retires T-2 Combat Trainers
Japan's air force has retired the last of its Mitsubishi T-2 combat trainers in favor of the trainer versions of its two front-line fighters, the Mitsubishi F-2B and F-15DJ. Mitsubishi built 96 T-2s in 1969-86, which logged about 307,000 hr. training 1,450 fighter pilots.
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