Japan

The dark horse on this list is the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). Japan has more than 300 air superiority and multirole fighters that are finely tuned toward defending the island-nation from threats in the air, land and at sea.

Reflecting the nation’s defense-only military policy, the JASDF is highly specialized towards defensive combat. First and foremost is the mission of air defense: Japan remembers very well what happened the last time it lost air superiority over the Home Islands.

Japanese pilots also practice ground attack against invading forces on Japanese territory and anti-shipping missions against enemy transports and fleets. They do not, however, practice offensive missions such as long-range strike missions.

Japanese pilots are well trained and regarded by their peers. Japanese pilots routinely attend the U.S. Air Force Red Flag exercises, and are kept on their toes by a growing number of scrambles against foreign aircraft nearing Japanese airspace — 533 scrambles in the first half of 2014 alone against a mix of Russian and Chinese aircraft.

Japan buys only the very best air superiority fighters from the United States, having purchased 223 F-15J single-seat and two-seat DJ fighters in the 1980s. These were set to be replaced by the F-22 Raptor; however, Japan was disappointed by U.S. law preventing the F-22 from being exported overseas.

Japan is now set to procure forty-two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters, with the first four aircraft ordered just last month. It is continuing development of the indigenous F-3 fighter project to replace the F-15, under the assumption that future first-line American fighters will be off limits. Meanwhile, F-15J and F-2 fighters are receiving upgrades to boost their air-to-air capability.

To provide early-warning capabilities, as well as command and control, Japan has a fleet of America-sourced aircraft. Japan has four E-767 airborne warning and control system aircraft, and thirteen E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning aircraft. The JASDF is set to acquire the latest E-2D Hawkeyes to help deal with the growing number of air intercepts.

Kyle Mizokami is a writer based in San Francisco who has appeared in The Diplomat, Foreign Policy, War is Boring and The Daily Beast. In 2009 he cofounded the defense and security blog Japan Security Watch. You can follow him on Twitter: @KyleMizokami.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/top-guns-the-most-lethal-air-forces-the-planet-11814?page=3

그의 반면 hell朝鮮 air force

t-50 고등 훈련기가 이륙 중 활주로를 이탈하는 사고가 발생했다.

11일 오전 11시 26분께 광주 광산구 공군 제1전투비행단(1전비)에서 비행 훈련을 위해 이륙하려던 T-50 훈련기가 지상 활주 중 활주로를 이탈했다.

훈련기는 인접한 풀밭에 멈춰 섰고 기체 앞부분이 일부 찌그러졌다.

전·후방석에 타고 있던 조종사 2명은 별다른 부상이 없었다고 공군은 전했다.

1전비는 정확한 사고 경위를 조사하고 있다.

지난 3월 11일에도 1전비 활주로에서 T-50 훈련기가 착륙 중 활주로를 이탈한 바 있다.

(광주연합뉴스) 박철홍 기자 pch80@yna.co.kr

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