Lockheed Martin F-35 Mheni II muJapan
Yekutanga yeJapan F-35A (AX-01; 701) yakabhururuka musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu 2016. Hurumende yeJapan yakatendera kutengwa kwe42 F-35As musi wa20 Zvita 2011, ikasaina chibvumirano chehurumende musi wa29 Chikumi 2012.
Japan yanga iri pakati pevashandisi vari kukura veF-35 Lightning II multirole kurwisa ndege kwemakore akati wandei ikozvino. Iri zvakare nyika yechipiri mushure meItari (isingaverenge USA) umo gungano reF-35 uye nzvimbo yebasa inoshanda. Kusiyana nedzimwe nyika, uko F-35 ichave ndiyo yekutanga ndege yehondo kwemakumi mashoma anotevera, muJapan inoonekwa seyakakosha asi inopindirana yekuwedzera kune mamwe marudzi maviri - iyo yakagadziridzwa F-15J/DJ kai uye. chizvarwa chitsva cheFX fighters.
Pakati pemakore gumi ekutanga ezana remakore rechipiri, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Kōkū Jieitai; Air Self-Defense Force, ASDF) yakatarisana nemubvunzo wekusarudza ndege itsva yehondo. Nekuda kwezvikonzero zvemari, kugadzirwa kweMitsubishi F-2A/B varwi vehondo kwaive kushoma, uye muna 2008, zvakarongwa kutanga kurangarira McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ uye Phantom II varwi. Kunyangwe iyo avionics yeMcDonnell Douglas F-15J / DJ Eagle interceptors yakagadziridzwa (ona bhokisi), nekuvakwa kwemakumi maviri echizvarwa varwi (Chengdu J-5 uye Sukhoi T-20 / PAK FA, zvichiteerana), iyo ASDF yaive mukati. mamiriro asina kunaka. MaJapan aifarira zvikuru murwi wechi50 wekuAmerica Lockheed Martin F-5A Raptor, asi nekuda kwekurambidzwa kunze kwenyika kwakapfuura neUS Congress, kutenga kwavo kwaisaita. Naizvozvo, vakatanga chirongwa chavo chekutsvagisa uye chekusimudzira varwi vechizvarwa chinotevera (ona bhokisi).
Yekutanga yeJapan F-35A inoita kutiza kwayo kwekutanga kubva kuFort Worth, Texas; Nyamavhuvhu 24, 2016 mune cockpit yeLockheed Martin test pilot,
Paul Hattendorf.
Medium Term Defence Program (MTDP) yeFiscal Years 2005-2009, yakavakirwa paNational Defense Program Guidelines yakagamuchirwa neHurumende yeJapan musi waZvita 10, 2004 (Bōei Keikaku no Taikō; National Defence Program Guidelines, NDPG) ye2005 uye inotevera mari. makore akacherechedzwa: Hurumende yeJapan ichasimudzira kuvandudzwa kweF-15 murwi uye kutenga varwi vatsva kutsiva F-4. Zvisinei, kuchinja kwehurumende kwakatungamirira kune chokwadi chokuti kugamuchirwa kwezvisarudzo zvakananga pamusoro pekutenga mutsivi weF-4EJ kai kwakanonoka kwemakore akawanda. Chete mune inotevera SPR ye2011-2015, yakavakirwa paNPD 17 uye mberi, yakagamuchirwa nehurumende muna Zvita 2010, 2011, yakarongwa kutenga batch yekutanga yevane gumi nevaviri varwi vehunyanzvi.
Vachakwikwidza vari kutariswa vanosanganisira: Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing F-15 Eagle, Lockheed Martin F-35 Mheni II, Dassault Rafale uye Eurofighter Typhoon. Muna Zvita 2008, runyoro urwu rwakaderedzwa kusvika kuF-15, F-35 neTyphoon. Vamiriri veASDF vakashanyira imwe neimwe yemafekitori kuti vadzidze nezvemashandiro endege uye nzira dzekugadzira. Pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, pane izvi, muna June 2010, F-15 yakatsiviwa neyakarambwa kare F / A-18E / F. Zvichakadaro, hurumende yakafunga kuwedzera kune rondedzero yezvinodiwa mukana wekugadzira marezinesi kana musangano wekupedzisira wendege dzakatengwa muJapan. Pfungwa iyi yaive yekuchengeta mabasa muindasitiri yezvendege yekuJapan, kunyanya Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), iyo yaive neyakasiya kugadzirwa mushure mekutanga kubviswa kweF-2 uye yaisada kumisa vashandi vayo vane ruzivo, vakadzidziswa zvakanyanya.
Musi waKubvumbi 13, 2011, Bazi rezvekudzivirirwa reJapan (Bōeishō) rakatumira Zvikumbiro zveRuzivo (RFIs) nezvevarwi vatsva kuhurumende dzeUS neUK. Nguva yekupedzisira yekuendesa zvikumbiro yaive 26 Gunyana. Mushure mekuongorora kwavo, muna Zvita 20, 2011, hurumende yeJapan neNational Security Council (Kokka Anzen Hoshō Kaigi; National Security Council) yakabvumidza kusarudzwa kweF-35A. Zvinhu zvakakosha zvaive: kuita zvakawanda, kunyanya kugona kwakanyanya mumhepo-ku-pasi mishoni, kugona kwehunyanzvi hwendege uye tarisiro yekuwedzera budiriro mune ramangwana, pamwe nekubvumidzwa kugungano rekupedzisira nekugadzirwa kwezvikamu zvakasarudzwa uye magungano muJapan. Kunyange zvazvo chirongwa chekusimudzira uye chekuedza cheF-35 chakatambudzwa nematambudziko akawanda ehutano uye kunonoka kwenguva refu panguva iyoyo, maJapan akaronga kutenga zvikamu makumi mana nemaviri kutanga mugore rezvemari ra42.
Zvichitevera kuziviswa kwemutongo wehurumende yeJapan, Sachigaro weLockheed uye CEO Martin Bob Stevens akati, “Tinodada neruvimbo rwakaiswa nehurumende yeJapan muF-35 nechikwata chedu chekugadzira kuunza murwi wechishanu uyu kuJapan. Air Self Defense Force. Ichi chiziviso chinocherekedza chitsauko chitsva mukudyidzana kwedu kwenguva refu neindasitiri yeJapan uye chinovakira pakubatana kwekuchengetedza pakati peUS neJapan.
Mhedziso yechibvumirano
Musi waKubvumbi 30, 2012, Defence and Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) yakazivisa US Congress kuti zviremera zveJapan zvakanyorera kuhurumende yeUS mvumo yekutengesa maF-35A mana pasi peFMS (Foreign Military Sale) pamwe nekukwanisa mumwe 38 The zvachose kunonyanyisa chibvumirano ukoshi, kuwedzera ndege pacharo, iyo inosanganisirawo mamwe midziyo, spare, zvinyorwa zvemichina, maturusi, kudzidziswa kwevashandi uye kutsigirwa kwekushanda, yaifungidzirwa pamadhora mabhiriyoni gumi. Mukutsigira chikumbiro ichi, DSCA yakati: Japan isimba guru rezvematongerwo enyika nehupfumi muEast Asia neWestern Pacific uye mubatsiri mukuru weUS mukuunza runyararo nekugadzikana mudunhu. Hurumende yeUS inoshandisa zvigadziko nezvivakwa muJapan. Kutengeswa kwakarongwa kunoenderana nezvinangwa zvezvematongerwo enyika zveUS uye Chibvumirano cha10 cheMutual Cooperation uye Chengetedzo.
Chibvumirano chepamutemo chepakati pehurumende (LOA) chekutengwa kweF-35As ina ine sarudzo ye38 (iyo yakashandiswa mumakore akatevera) nemidziyo nemamwe mabasa ane hukama yakasayirwa musi waJune 29, 2012. Pachikonzero ichi, US Department of Defense. , achimiririra Hurumende yeJapan, musi waMarch 25 2013 yakasaina chibvumirano chinoenderana neLockheed Martin. Dhipatimendi reUnited States reDziviriro yaNdira 2013 gwaro repagore rinoti mana ekutanga F-35As eASDF achave neBlock 3i avionics software. Michina inotevera kubva kuRoti 9 LRIP (Low Rate Initial Production) yakatevedzana yatove neiyo Block 3F software.
