# List of military aircraft of Japan

This list of military aircraft of Japan includes project, prototype, pre-production, and operational types, regardless of era. This includes both domestically developed Japanese designs, licensed variants of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of Japan. Japanese names are used here; World War II Allied reporting names are mentioned where available.
The prefix "Ki" in this list is an abbreviation of "Kitai", meaning "airframe", and was used only by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. "Ki" should be read as one word. For clarification on other designations, particularly those used by the Navy, see Japanese military aircraft designation systems. (Note: " - " indicates information is unknown or not applicable.)

## Pre-1945

| Type | Total | Date | Service | Class | Role | Notes |
| Aichi B7A Ryusei | 114 | 1942 | Navy | single-engine | carrier torpedo bomber | Allied reporting name Grace; retired 1945 |
| Aichi D1A | 590 | 1934 | Navy | biplane | carrier dive bomber | Allied reporting name Susie; retired 1942 |
| Aichi D3A | 1,486 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | carrier dive bomber | Allied reporting name Val; many D3A1s & D3A2s operated as trainers by 1944; D3A2s used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Aichi E3A | 12 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | |
| Aichi E11A | 17 | 1937 | Navy | flying boat | night reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Laura; diverted to communications & transport duties; retired |
| Aichi E12A | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Experimental flying boat; preliminary stages of project took place 1937–38 |
| Aichi E13A | 1,418 | 1940 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Jake; long-range seaplane; used as anti-surface vessel aircraft (E13A1c), trainer (E13A1-K) & as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Aichi E16A Zuiun | 256 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Paul; seaplane with secondary role as dive bomber (E16A1) |
| Aichi H9A | 31 | 1940 | Navy | flying boat | flying boat trainer | Retired 1945 |
| Aichi Type 15-Ko Mi-go | 4+ | 1925 | Navy | floatplane | reconnaissance | Only prototypes built |
| Aichi M6A Seiran | 28 | 1943 | Navy | floatplane | submarine attack bomber | Submarine-launched attack floatplane; retired 1945 |
| Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan | 2 | 1945 | Navy | landplane | bomber trainer | Prototype, land-based attack floatplane trainer version of Aichi M6A; retired 1945 |
| Aichi Navy Type 2 | 2 | 1928 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Heinkel HD 26 & Aichi-built prototypes; labeled obsolete after trials |
| Aichi S1A | 2 | n/a | Navy | twin-engine | night fighter | Prototypes destroyed, 1945; unflown |
| Army model 2 ground-taxiing trainer | 97+ | 1919 | Army | monoplane | primary trainer | Converted Nieuport 81; retired |
| Army Type Mo-4 | 84 | 1915 | Army | biplane | trainer | |
| Army Type Mo-5 | 11 | 1919 | Army | biplane | trainer | First Japanese purpose-built trainer |
| Avro 504K/L/S | 310 | 1921 | Navy | biplane | trainer | Retired 1934 |
| Bréguet 19 | 3+ | 1925 | Navy | sesquiplane | reconnaissance | Retired |
| Canadian Car & Foundry AXG1 | 1 | 1935 | Navy | biplane | fighter | Purchased by Japan; retired |
| Curtiss-Wright LXC1 | 3 | 1936 | Navy | amphibian | transport | All sold in Japan as Curtiss-Wright LXC |
| Dewoitine D.510J | 2 | 1935 | Navy | monoplane | fighter | Dewoitine D.500 built for Japanese evaluation, also called AXD1 |
| Douglas DC-2 | 5 | 1936 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Licence-built by Nakajima Aircraft Company; retired |
| Douglas HXD | 1 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | transport | |
| Fairchild LXF1 | 2 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | transport | Sold to Japan & both wrecked, Japan 1937 & China 1939 |
| Army Type Mo | 30 | 1913 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | Retired 1922 |
| Army Type Mo-4 | 84 | 1915 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | |
| Army Type Mo-6 | 134 | 1917 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | |
| Felixstowe F.5 | 110 | 1921 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | Retired 1930 |
| Fiat I-Type (BR.20) | 85 | 1938 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting name Ruth; retired |
| Gasuden KR-2 | 1+ | 1934 | Navy | biplane | transport | Unlicensed Japanese-built copy of the DH Fox Moth that was extensively redesigned |
| Gloster Sparrowhawk | 90 | 1921 | Navy | biplane | fighter | Retired 1928 |
| Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 | 310 | 1922 | Navy | floatplane | maritime reconnaissance | Retired 1928 |
| Heinkel HD 23/Aichi Type H | 4 | 1926 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | |
| Heinkel A7He1 | 12 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Jerry; phased out of service after late 1941 |
| Hiro G2H | 8 | 1933 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | One aircraft lost in accident; five aircraft destroyed in a fire, 1937 |
| Hiro H1H | 65 | 1925 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | Retired 1938 |
| Hiro H2H | 17 | 1932 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | |
| Hiro H3H | 1 | 1931 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | H3H1 used as an engine test-bed, 1933 |
| Hiro H4H | 47 | 1933 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | H4H1 & H4H2 remained in front-line service through the 1930s |
| Kayaba Ka-1/Ka-2 Ka-Go | 98 | 1941 | Army | autogyro | maritime reconnaissance | Based on Kellett KD-1; few Ka-1s used for liaison in Philippines, also used for artillery-spotting & anti-submarine warfare |
| Kawanishi E7K | 533 | 1933 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Alf; used extensively from 1938 until the beginning of Pacific War, when E7K1s were relegated to second-line duties; E7K2 continued front-line service until retired, 1943; both versions used in kamikaze operations |
| Kawanishi E10K | 1 | 1934 | Navy | flying boat | transport | Entered service as Navy Type 94 Transport, but no further production |
| Kawanishi E11K | 2 | 1937 | Navy | flying boat | transport | Prototypes unsuitable for night reconnaissance & used as utility transports, Type 96 Transport |
| Kawanishi E13K | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Unsuccessful prototype |
| Kawanishi E15K Shiun | 15 | 1941 | Navy | floatplane | high speed reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Norm; production cancelled, 1944 |
| Kawanishi H6K | 217 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Mavis; also built as transports (H6K2-L, H6K3 Model 21 & H6K4-L); retired |
| Kawanishi H8K | 131 | 1941 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Emily; H8K2s used as patrol aircraft & transports (H8K2-L Type 2 Transport Flying Boat or Seikū & H8K4-L Provisional name Seikū); retired 1945 |
| Kawanishi K6K | 3 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | Prototype not ordered into production |
| Kawanishi K8K | 15 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | |
| Kawanishi K-11 | 2 | 1927 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | |
| Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu | 97 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Rex; used as trainers (N1K2-K Shiden Kai Rensen 1, Model A); retired 1945 |
| Kawanishi N1K1-J/N1K2-J Shiden | 1,422 | 1943 | Navy | landplane | interceptor | Allied reporting name George - land-based version of Kawanishi N1K; used as fighter-bombers (N1K1-Jc Shiden Model 11C) & dive bombers (N1K1-J Kai b); retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Army Otsu 1 | 600+ | 1919 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | Licence-built Salmson 2 A.2 |
| Kawasaki Army Type 88 | 1,117 | 1927 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | Retired 1940 |
| Kawasaki Army Type 92 | 385 | 1929 | Army | biplane | fighter | Served through at least 1941 as trainers |
| Kawasaki Ki-3 | 243 | 1933 | Army | biplane | light bomber | |
| Kawasaki Ki-5 | 4 | 1934 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Experimental project cancelled, 1934 |
| Kawasaki Ki-10 | 588 | 1935 | Army | biplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Perry; retired 1942 |
| Kawasaki Ki-28 | 1 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Bob; experimental aircraft flown in 1936 but never produced |
| Kawasaki Ki-32 | 854 | 1937 | Army | monoplane | light bomber | Allied reporting name Mary; withdrawn from front-line service as trainers, 1942; retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu | 1,701 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | fighter | Allied reporting name Nick; some used as night fighters (Ki-45 KAId) & as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-48 | 1,677 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | light bomber | Allied reporting name Lily; used as dive bombers (Ki-48-IIb) & kamikazes (Ki-48-II KAI Kamikaze); retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-56 | 121 | 1940 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Allied reporting name Thalia; derived from the license-built Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra |
| Kawasaki Ki-60 | 3 | 1940 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Experimental prototype with license-built liquid-cooled engine, cancelled late 1941 |
| Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien | 3,078 | 1941 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Tony; only mass-produced Japanese WWII fighter with liquid-cooled, inverted V engine; used as an interceptor (Ki-61-I-KAId) & as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-64 | 1 | 1943 | Army | tandem-engine | fighter | Allied reporting name Rob; aircraft caught fire & was damaged during fifth flight; abandoned 1944 |
| Kawasaki Ki-66 | 6 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | dive bomber | Prototypes only - first completed October 1942, last completed 1943; did not entered production; development terminated, 1944 |
| Kawasaki Ki-78 Kensan III | 1 | 1942 | Army | single engine monoplane | High speed research | Partially-completed second prototype; project terminated, early 1944 |
| Kawasaki Ki-88 | 0 | n/a | Army | mid-engine | fighter | Cancelled circa 1942 |
| Kawasaki Ki-91 | 0 | 1945 | Army | four-engine | heavy bomber | First prototype 60% complete when air raid damaged facility where it was being built, bringing program to halt, 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-96 | 3 | 1943 | Army | twin-engine | fighter | Prototype originally designed as a two-seater; wings & tail unit of the eventual Ki-102 |
| Kawasaki Ki-100 | 121 | 1945 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Single-seat, single-engine monoplane Type 5 Fighter which were originally modified Kawasaki Ki-61 II KAIs (Ki-100-I-Ko); three high-altitude prototypes (Ki-100-II) were never used operationally; retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-102 | 238 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | heavy fighter | Allied reporting name Randy; used as ground-attack aircraft (Ki-102 Otsu) & night fighters (Ki-102 Hei); retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-108 | 4 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | high-altitude fighter | Ki-102 derivative - high-altitude fighter prototype; retired 1945 |
| Kawasaki Ki-119 | 0 | n/a | Army | single-engine | bomber | Prototype drawings destroyed in American air attacks, 1945; first prototype not completed before Japanese surrender |
| Kokusai Ki-59 | 59 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Allied reporting name Theresa |
| Kokusai Ki-76 | 1+ | 1941 | Army | single-engine | command liaison | Allied reporting name Stella; also used as anti-submarine & artillery spotter aircraft; retired 1945 |
| Kokusai Ki-86 | 1,037 | 1944 | Army | biplane | primary trainer | License-built Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann; retired |
| Kokusai Ki-105 Ohtori | 9 | 1945 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Powered Ku-7 intended for use as long-range, fuel tanker aircraft, development priorities shifted elsewhere |
| Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru | 2 | 1945 | Army | glider | transport | Allied reporting name Buzzard; experimental, twin-boom military glider |
| Kokusai Ku-8 | 700 ca. | 1941 | Army | glider | transport | Allied reporting names Goose & Gander; unpowered Kokusai Ki-59 used in Philippines, primarily to carry supplies |
| Koshiki-2 Experimental Fighter | 2 | 1922 | Army | biplane | fighter | First Japanese-designed fighter |
| Kyushu J7W Shinden | 2 | 1945 | Navy | canard | interceptor | Prototype, propeller-driven plane with wings at the rear of the fuselage, a nose-mounted canard & a pusher engine, flown three times before the end of the War; abandoned |
| Kyushu K9W1 Momiji | 339 | 1942 | Navy | biplane | primary trainer | License-built Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann; retired |
| Kyushu K10W1 | 176 | 1943 | Navy | monoplane | intermediate trainer | Allied reporting name Oak; small number used as target tugs |
| Kyushu K11W Shiragiku | 798 | 1942 | Navy | monoplane | operations trainer | Used as trainer for bombing, navigation & communications (K11W1), anti-submarine patrol (Q3W1 Nankai) & transport aircraft (K11W2) and as kamikazes |
| Kyushu Q1W Tokai | 153 | 1943 | Navy | twin-engine | maritime reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Lorna; anti-submarine patrol bomber that was also used as a prototype trainer (Q1W1-K Tokai-Ren); retired 1945 |
| Mansyu Ki-79 | 1,329 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | advanced trainer | Allied reporting name Nate; based on Ki-27, Mansyū Army Type 2 was an advanced trainer & some used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Mansyū Ki-98 | 0 | n/a | Army | pusher | light bomber | Prototype destroyed to avoid capture, 1945 |
| Mitsubishi 1MF | 138 | 1921 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | Retired 1930 |
| Mitsubishi 1MT | 20 | 1922 | Navy | triplane | carrier torpedo bomber | Withdrawn & scrapped |
| Mitsubishi 2MR8 Type 92 | 130 | 1932 | Army | parasol monoplane | reconnaissance | Retired 1936 |
| Mitsubishi A5M | 1,094 | 1935 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter | Allied reporting name Claude; used as trainers (A5M4-K), most remaining airframes used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi A6M Reisen | 10,939 | 1939 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter | Allied reporting name Zeke or "Zero"; used as kamikazes (A6M5c & A6M7); retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi A7M Reppu | 9 | 1944 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter | Allied reporting name Sam; never entered mass production or active duty; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi B1M | 443 | 1923 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber | Used as experimental reconnaissance seaplane (2MT4 Ohtori); surplus B1Ms converted for civilian use (T-1.2), 1929 |
| Mitsubishi B2M | 206 | 1932 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber | |
| Mitsubishi B5M | 125 | 1936 | Navy | monoplane | attack bomber | Allied reporting name Mabel; some used as trainers, target tugs & kamikazes |
| Mitsubishi C1M | 159 | 1932 | Navy | biplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Used as intermediate trainers until late-1930s (2MRT1, 2MRT1A, 2MRT2, 2MRT2A, 2MRT3 & 2MRT3A); many converted to civil use (R-1.2 Trainer, R-2.2 Trainer & Mitsubishi R-4), some remained in civilian service until 1938 |
| Mitsubishi F1M | 1,118 | 1936 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Pete; retired |
| Mitsubishi G3M/L3Y | 1,048 | 1934 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | Allied reporting name Nell; transport variants built as L3Y1 & L3Y2 or G3M1-L (armed or unarmed transport); retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi G4M | 2,435 | 1939 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | Allied reporting name Betty; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi G6M | 30 | 1940 | Navy | twin-engine | convoy fighter | Allied reporting name Betty; some G6M1s built as transports (G6M1-L2) or trainers (G6M1-K); retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi J2M Raiden | 621 | 1942 | Navy | monoplane | interceptor | Allied reporting name Jack; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi J8M Shusui | 5? | 1945 | Navy | rocket | interceptor | Originally to be a licence-built Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet but had to be designed almost from scratch & developed in parallel with Yokosuka MXY8 trainer; single prototype flight-tested once & crashed before end of WWII |
| Mitsubishi K3M/Ki-7 | 625 | 1930 | Navy | monoplane | crew trainer | Allied reporting name Pine; some built as transports - Mitsubishi K3M3-L (military version) & Mitsubishi MS-1 (civil version) |
| Mitsubishi 己 1 (Ka-1)/Hanriot HD.14 | 146+ | 1924 | Army | biplane | primary trainer | Built under licence by Mitsubishi |
| Mitsubishi Ki-1 | 219 | 1933 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Replaced, 1937 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-2 | 187 | 1933 | Army | twin-engine | light bomber | Allied reporting name Louise; replaced by the late 1930s & used as trainers; one built as a de-militarized, long-range record-breaking aircraft (Mitsubishi Ohtori) - mistakenly given Allied reporting name Eva or Eve |
| Mitsubishi Ki-15/C5M | 500 ca. | 1936 | Army | single-engine | reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Babs; Karigane I (prototype version for civilian use) & some used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-20 | 6 | 1931 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | All aircraft either destroyed during WWII or scrapped in the latter portion of the 1940s |
| Mitsubishi Ki-21 | 2,064 | 1936 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting names Sally/Gwen; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-30 | 686 | 1937 | Army | single-engine | light bomber | Allied reporting name Ann; most relegated to trainers by end of 1942; many used as kamikazes |
| Mitsubishi Ki-46 | 1,742 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Dinah; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-51 | 1,472 | 1939 | Army | single-engine | assault bomber | Allied reporting name Sonia; used for reconnaissance (Ki-51A) & as kamikazes |
| Mitsubishi Ki-57/L4M/MC-20 | 406 | 1939 | Army/Navy | twin-engine | transport | Allied reporting name Topsy |
| Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu | 606 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting name Peggy; used for level & torpedo bombing, early warning radar (Ki-67-I), experimental "guided missile mother ship", glider tug & as kamikazes (Ki-167 "Sakura-dan"); retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-83 | 4 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | escort fighter | Experimental, long-range heavy fighter prototype that did not reach production status |
| Mitsubishi Ki-109 | 22 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | interceptor | Version of Ki-67 originally designed as night fighter but used as heavy fighter; retired 1945 |
| Mitsubishi Ki-200 Shusui | 2? | 1945 | Army | rocket | interceptor | Aircraft closely based on the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet & very similar to the J8M1 |
| Mitsubishi Ko-1 | 57 | 1915 | Army | sesquiplane | trainer | License-built Nieuport 81 E.2s; retired |
| Nakajima A1N | 151 | 1927 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | Retired 1935 |
| Nakajima A2N | 166 | 1929 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | |
| Nakajima A4N | 221 | 1935 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter | |
| Nakajima A6M2-N | 327 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Rufe; seaplane also used as interceptor, fighter-bomber & short reconnaissance support for amphibious landings |
| Nakajima Army Type 91 | 450 | 1927 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Retired 1937 |
| Nakajima B5N | 1,150 ca. | 1937 | Navy | monoplane | carrier torpedo bomber | Allied reporting name Kate; many B5N1s converted to advanced trainers (B5N1-K); used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima B-6 | 2 | 1919 | Army | biplane | bomber | Licence-built Breguet 14 B.2; retired |
| Nakajima B6N Tenzan | 1,268 | 1941 | Navy | single-engine | carrier torpedo bomber | Allied reporting name Jill; used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima C3N | 2 | 1936 | Navy | single-engine | shipboard reconnaissance | |
| Nakajima C6N Saiun | 463 | 1943 | Navy | single-engine | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Myrt; used as night fighters (C6N1 Saiun Model 11); retired 1945 |
| Nakajima E2N | 80 | 1929 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Withdrawn from front-line units in the 1930s & either reassigned to training duties (E2N2) or sold to civil buyers |
| Nakajima E4N | 171 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Nine E4N2-Cs were converted to P1 mail planes, 1933 |
| Nakajima E8N | 753 | 1934 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Dave |
| Nakajima E12N | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Experimental seaplane prototypes; work suspended 1939 |
| Nakajima G5N Shinzan | 6 | 1941 | Navy | four-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting name Liz; Experimental plane also used as (4) long-range transports (G5N2-L Shinzan-Kai Freighter); retired 1945 |
| Nakajima G8N Renzan | 4 | 1944 | Navy | four-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting name Rita; third prototype destroyed on ground; project cancelled & aircraft retired, 1945 |
| Nakajima J1N Gekko | 429 | 1941 | Navy | twin-engine | night fighter | Allied reporting name Irving; also used for long-range reconnaissance (J1N1-C & J1N1-R) & observation (J1N1-F); retired 1945 |
| Nakajima J5N Tenrai | 6 | 1944 | Navy | twin-engine | interceptor | Experimental |
| Nakajima Kikka | 1 | 1945 | Navy | jet | interceptor | Prototype of Japan's first turbojet-powered aircraft which flew successfully once before the end of WWII, damaged during second test flight |
| Nakajima Ki-4 | 518 | 1934 | Army | biplane | direct co-operation | Retired 1943 |
| Nakajima Ki-6/C2N | 47+ | 1930 | Army/Navy | single-engine | transport/trainer | |
| Nakajima Ki-19 | 4 | 1937 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Unsuccessful prototypes; one converted to N-19 mail plane, 1939 |
| Nakajima Ki-27 | 3,368 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Nate; used as trainers (Ki-27a-Kai & Ki-27b-Kai) & some used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ki-34/L1N | 318 | 1936 | Army/Navy | twin-engine | transport | Allied reporting name Thora |
| Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa | 5,919 | 1939 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Oscar; later examples of Ki-43-II-KAI could carry bombs on drop tank mountings, proposed as an interceptor (Ki-62 Project) & many used as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki | 1,225 | 1940 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Tojo; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu | 763 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber | Allied reporting name Helen; used as escort fighters (Nakajima Ki-58), troop transports, specialized pathfinder aircraft (Ki-80, employed as engine test-beds), in anti-submarine patrols & as kamikazes; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ki-58 | 3 | 1940 | Army | twin-engine | escort fighter | Prototype version of Nakajima Ki-49 |
| Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate | 3,514 | 1943 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Allied reporting name Frank; used as night fighters (Ki-84-I Tei); retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ki-87 | 1 | 1945 | Army | monoplane | high-altitude fighter | Prototype, high-altitude fighter-interceptor whose construction was delayed due to problems with design & only flew 5 test flights |
| Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi | 105 | 1945 | Army | single-engine | attack bomber | One-man kamikaze aircraft (Tōka) - none used in combat; retired 1945 |
| Nakajima Ko-2 | 40 | 1914 | Army | sesquiplane | trainer | License-built Nieuport 83 E.2; retired |
| Nakajima Ko-3 | 102 | 1917 | Army | sesquiplane | fighter | License-built Nieuport 24/27 - also used as a trainer; retired 1926 |
| Nakajima Ko-4 | 608 | 1918 | Army | biplane | fighter | Licence-built Nieuport-Delage NiD 29; retired 1937 |
| Nakajima LXD-1 | 1 | 1939 | Navy | four-engine | transport | Experimental airliner Douglas DC-4E sold to Japan for reverse-engineering |
| Nakajima Type 5 | 101+ | 1919 | Army | biplane | trainer | First civilian-built, military standard aeroplane made in Japan |
| Nieuport NG & NM (IV.G & IV.M) | 2 | 1913 | Army | monoplane | reconnaissance | Retired |
| Nihon L7P | 1 | 1942 | Navy | amphibian | transport | Developed using the hull of the Fairchild XA-942B, second prototype remained unfinished & was scrapped |
| Nippi K8Ni1 | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | primary trainer | |
| Rikugun Ki-93 | 1 | 1945 | Army | twin-engine | fighter | Prototype damaged on maiden short flight & destroyed in bombing the night before scheduled second test flight |
| Seversky A8V | 20 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Dick; 2PA-B3s sold to Japan as A8V1 or Navy Type S Two-Seat Fighter; retired |
| Nakajima/Showa L2D | 487 | 1939 | Navy | twin-engine | transport | Allied reporting name Tabby; license-built version of Douglas DC-3 (LXD1) |
| Sopwith 1½ Strutter | 7+ | 1915 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | |
| Sopwith Pup | 50 | 1919 | Navy | biplane | advanced trainer | Retired |
| SPAD S.XIII Hei 1 | 100 | 1919 | Army | biplane | fighter | Retired 1922 |
| Tachikawa Ki-9 | 2,618 | 1935 | Army | biplane | intermediate trainer | Allied reporting name Spruce; some used as kamikazes; retired 1951 |
| Tachikawa Ki-17 | 560 | 1935 | Army | biplane | primary trainer | Allied reporting name Cedar |
| Tachikawa Ki-36 | 1,334 | 1938 | Army | single-engine | direct co-operation | Allied reporting name Ida; used as advanced trainers (Tachikawa Ki-55) & as kamikazes |
| Tachikawa Ki-54 | 1,368 | 1940 | Army | twin engine | crew trainer | Allied reporting name Hickory; also used as light transport, communications aircraft (both Ki-54c, civil designation Y-59) & maritime reconnaissance (Ki-54d) retired 1945 |
| Tachikawa Ki-55 | 1,389 | 1939 | Army | monoplane | advanced trainer | Allied reporting name Ida; retired 1945 |
| Tachikawa Ki-70 | 3 | 1943 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Clara - high speed, photo reconnaissance aircraft prototype that never entered production & was terminated |
| Tachikawa Ki-74 | 16 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance bomber | Allied reporting name Patsy, originally Pat; experimental, long-range reconnaissance bomber that did not progress beyond developmental testing |
| Tachikawa Ki-77 | 2 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Very long-range experimental transport & communications aircraft; retired 1945 |
| Tachikawa Ki-94-I | 0 | 1945 | Army | push-pull | high-altitude fighter | Single-seat, fighter-interceptor aircraft project that did not advance beyond the mock-up stage due to being judged "unduly optimistic" |
| Tachikawa Ki-94-II | 1 | 1945 | Army | single-engine | high-altitude fighter | Prototype single-seat, fighter-interceptor aircraft that was never finished before the end of WWII |
| Tachikawa KKY | 23 | 1935 | Army | biplane | ambulance | Funded by private donations |
| Tachikawa SS-1 | 2 | 1943 | Army | twin engine monoplane | High altitude research | Version of Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, Tachikawa incorporated a pressurised cabin into new forward & centre fuselage sections for a locally-built Lockheed Type LO Transport Aircraft, resulting in a research aircraft (Tachikawa-Lockheed Type-B high altitude research aircraft), which carried out a brief flight testing programme |
| Tokyo Koku Ki-107 | 29 | 1944 | Army | monoplane | primary trainer | |
| Watanabe E9W | 35 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Slim; retired 1942 |
| Watanabe K6W | 3 | 1937 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | Experimental |
| Watanabe K8W | 3 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | Unsuccessful prototype that never entered production |
| Yokosuka B4Y | 205 | 1935 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber | Allied reporting name Jean; retired 1943 |
| Yokosuka D3Y1-K Myojo | 5 | 1945 | Navy | monoplane | bomber trainer | Two-seat dive bomber/trainer, derived from the Aichi D3A, made nearly entirely of wood; cancelled after 2 prototypes & 3 plane production run |
| Yokosuka D4Y Suisei | 2,038 | 1940 | Navy | single-engine | carrier dive bomber | Allied reporting name Judy, some built for reconnaissance (D4Y1-C, D4Y2-R & D4Y2a-R), night fighter use (D4Y2-S & D4Y3), land-based bombers (D4Y3) or kamikazes (D4Y4 Special Strike Bomber); retired 1945 |
| Yokosuka E1Y | 320 | 1926 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | Retired 1932; many sold as civil aircraft (Navy Type 14 Modified Transport Seaplane) |
| Yokosuka E5Y | 20 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance | |
| Yokosuka E6Y | 10 | 1932 | Navy | floatplane | submarine reconnaissance | Retired 1943 |
| Yokosuka E14Y | 126 | 1939 | Navy | floatplane | submarine reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Glen; retired 1943 |
| Yokosuka H5Y | 20 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | Allied reporting name Cherry |
| Yokosuka I-go Ko-gata | 70 | 1920 | Navy | biplane | primary seaplane trainer | |
| Yokosuka K1Y | 104 | 1925 | Navy | biplane | primary seaplane trainer | |
| Yokosuka K2Y | 464 | 1929 | Navy | biplane | primary trainer | Versions of the Avro 504N & K2Y1; retired 1934 |
| Yokosuka K4Y | 211 | 1930 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | A few aircraft released for civilian use |
| Yokosuka K5Y | 5,770 | 1933 | Navy | biplane | intermediate trainer | Allied reporting name Willow |
| Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka | 850 | 1944 | Navy | rocket | assault bomber | Allied personnel referred to aircraft as "Baka Bombs"; purpose-built, rocket-powered (originally unpowered) human-guided, kamikaze attack-aircraft; used as trainers (Ohka Model 43 K-1 Kai Wakazakura) & interceptors ("Suzuka-24"); retired 1945 |
| Yokosuka MXY8 Akigusa | 50-60 | 1945 | Navy | glider | glider trainer | Used as pilot training for Mitsubishi J8M - Army designation Ku-13 |
| Yokosuka P1Y Ginga | 1,002 | 1943 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | Allied reporting name Frances; used as night fighters (P1Y1 Ginga Model 11, P1Y2-S & P1Y2 Ginga Model 16), ground attack aircraft (P1Y1) & as non-flying ground decoys (MXY10 Yokosuka Navy Bomber Ginga); retired 1945 |
| Yokosuka R2Y Keiun | 1 | 1945 | Navy | single-engine | reconnaissance | Prototype which made a short flight but then was destroyed in air raid a few days later, ending development |
| Yokosuka Ro-go Ko-gata | 218 | 1918 | Navy | floatplane | reconnaissance | Retired 1928 |

## Post-1945

| Type | Origin | Role | Adopted | Status | Total | Notes |
| Aeronca L-16 | US | utility | 1952 | retired 1953 | 20 | militarized version of Aeronca Champion used as liaison aircraft |
| AgustaWestland MCH-101 | Italy/UK | multi-role | 2007 | in use | 12 | License-built minesweeper/transport helicopter - at least one more on order, replaces MH-53E |
| Beechcraft King Air UC-90 | US | reconnaissance | 1974 | retired 2010 | 1 | photo survey |
| Beechcraft King Air LC-90 | US | utility | 1974 | in use | 5 | liaison |
| Beechcraft 18 | US | trainer | 1957 | retired 1965 | 35 | including at least one SNB trainer; JA5174 (H18 - final Beech 18 produced) preserved at Miyazaki Aviation College |
| Beechcraft TC-90 | US | multi-engine trainer | 1974 | in use | 12 | 2 transferred to Philippines in 2017 with 3 more to be transferred |
| Beechcraft LR-2 | US | utility | 1998 | in use | 8 | used for reconnaissance & communications |
| Beechcraft Queen Air Umibato | US | navigation trainer | 1963 | retired 2000 | 28 | liaison |
| Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk | US | crew trainer | 1994 | in use | 13 | T-400 military version of Model 400A |
| Bell AH-1S Cobra | US | attack helicopter | 1984 | in use | 48 | license-built by Fuji Heavy Industries for JGSDF; planned to be retired |
| Bell H-13/47 | US | utility | 1953 | retired 1998 | 127 | helicopter |
| Bell UH-1J | US | utility | 1993 | in use | 115 | license-built, improved version of UH-1H helicopter by Fuji Heavy Industries - to be replaced by Subaru-Bell UH-2; some in donated to Philippine Army |
| Boeing AH-64DJP | US | attack helicopter | 2007 | in use | 12 | planned to be retired |
| Boeing 747-47C | US | transport | 1993 | retired 2019 | 2 | VIP transport - former Japanese Air Force One |
| Boeing E-767 | US | AEW | 2000 | in use | 4 | Boeing 767-200 with a Boeing E-3 Sentry radar installed |
| Boeing KC-767J | US | tanker | 2009 | in use | 4 | developed from Boeing 767-200ER for aerial refueling |
| Boeing CH-47J/CH-47JA | US | utility | 1985 | in use | 67 | license-built (Kawasaki) transport & SAR helicopter used by JASDF & JGSDF |
| British Aerospace U–125 | UK | utility | 1992 | in use | 28 | based on Hawker 800, used for flight inspection (U-125) and search & rescue (U-125A) - planned to be retired |
| Cessna U206G Stationair | US | utility | 1977 | retired 1997 | 1 | |
| Cessna L-19 Bird Dog | US | utility | 1954 | retired 1994 | 129 | 60 license-built liaison & observation aircraft by Fuji |
| Curtiss C-46 Commando | US | transport | 1954 | retired 1978 | 48 | including at least one C-46A |
| Douglas R4D Dakota "Manazuru" | US | transport | 1958 | retired 1972 | 4 | JMSDF received two R4D-6s, one R4D-7 (trainer) & one R4D-6Q from USA |
| Eurocopter TH-135 | Multinational | trainer | 2009 | in use | 15 | helicopter trainer |
| Fuji LM-1 Nikko | Japan | communications | 1955 | retired 1983 | 27 | light communications aircraft developed from T-34, also used as liaison; several sold to U.S. civil market as warbirds |
| Fuji LM-2/KM-2/TL-1 | Japan | trainer | 1962 | retired 1998 | 66 | developed from Beechcraft T-34 Mentor, also used as liaison aircraft |
| Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka | Japan | advanced trainer | 1960 | retired 2006 | 66 | Japan's first indigenously-designed, mass-produced, post-WWII jet aircraft - replaced by Kawasaki T-4 |
| Fuji T-3 (KM-2B) | Japan | trainer | 1978 | retired 2007 | 50 | developed from Fuji KM-2 - replaced by Fuji T-7 |
| Fuji T-5 (KM-2D & KM-2Kai) | Japan | trainer | 1988 | in use | 32 | replacement for Fuji KM-2 |
| Fuji T-7 (T-3 Kai) | Japan | trainer | 2002 | in use | 49 | developed from & replaced Fuji T-3 |
| Fuji TACOM | Japan | UAV | 1995 | retired 2011 | 6 | |
| Subaru-Bell UH-2 (UH-X) | Japan | utility | 2022 | in use | 6 | helicopter to replace UH-1J - more on order |
| Grumman Albatross Harigane UF-2S | US | multi-role | 1961 | retired 1976 | 6 | amphibian flying boat - one converted for research (UF-XS) |
| Grumman Goose | US | utility | 1955 | retired 1961 | 4 | amphibian flying boat (including at least one JRF-5) |
| Grumman E-2C/D | US | AEW | 1987 | in use | 18 | more on order |
| Grumman S2F-1 Aotaka | US | maritime patrol | 1957 | retired 1984 | 60 | six S2F-1s reconfigured into four S2F-U (utility) & two S2F-C; replaced by Lockheed P-3 Orion |
| Grumman TBM-3 Avenger | US | multi-role | 1954 | retired 1961 | 20 | including at least several TBM-3W (airborne early warning control & relay) |
| Gulfstream U-4 | US | flight inspection | 1997 | in use | 5 | |
| Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | US | reconnaissance | 1969 | retired? | 332 | license-built helicopter by Kawasaki Heavy Industries (OH-6J) |
| Hughes TH-55J | US | trainer | 1971 | retired 1995 | 38 | license-produced version of TH-55A helicopter by Kawasaki |
| Kawasaki C-1 | Japan | transport | 1973 | in use | 5 | third, indigenous, post-WWII aircraft programme in Japan, also used for electronic warfare (EC-1) - replaced C-46 |
| Kawasaki C-2 | Japan | transport | 2016 | in use | 14 | also used for reconnaissance (RC-2), more on order - replacing C–1 & C–130H |
| Kawasaki KH-4 | Japan | utility | 1965 | retired? | 20+? | helicopter developed or modified from Bell 47G |
| Kawasaki-Vertol KV-107II | Japan | utility | 1966 | retired 2009 | 123 | helicopter built or assembled by Kawasaki Heavy Industries - used for transport (KV-107II-1/KV-107II-4A/KV-107IIA-4/KV-107II-7), minesweeping (KV-107II-3/KV-107IIA-3), assault helicopters (KV-107II-4) & long-range SAR (KV-107II-5/KV-107IIA-5) |
| Kawasaki KAL-2 | Japan | liaison | 1954 | retired 1964 | 2 | prototypes - one with JASDF & one with JMSDF; KAL-2 serial 20001 on display at Tokorozawa Aviation Museum |
| Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja | Japan | reconnaissance | 1997 | in use | 37 | first helicopter entirely produced in Japan; scout helicopter that replaced the OH-6D - planned to be retired |
| Kawasaki P-1 | Japan | maritime patrol | 2013 | in use | 33 | Successor to the P-3 Orion, more on order |
| Kawasaki P-2J (P2V-Kai) | Japan | maritime patrol | 1966 | retired 1996 | 82 | license-built Lockheed P-2 Neptune, two converted for electronic intelligence gathering (EP-2J) and four converted for drone support, target towing & test purposes (UP-2J); replaced by P-3C Orion |
| Kawasaki P2V-7 VSA | Japan | research | 1977 | retired 1982 | 1 | used for Variable Stability Aircraft research |
| Kawasaki T-4 | Japan | trainer | 1988 | in use | 180 | also used as liaison aircraft - replaced Lockheed T-33 & Fuji T-1 |
| Learjet C-36A | US | surveillance | 1985 | in use | 4 | |
| Lockheed C-130H/R | US | transport | 1983 | in use | 20 | used by JMSDF & JASDF |
| Lockheed Martin C-130R | US | transport | 2013 | in use | 6 | ex-USAF KC-130R (sold to Japan without refueling system) to replace YS-11M/M-A for troop & cargo movement; two other KC-130H used for aerial refueling |
| Lockheed Martin F-35A | US | multi-role | 2019 | in use | 38 | more on order - some being license-built by Mitsubishi |
| Lockheed Martin F-35B | US | multi-role | 2025 (expected) | on order | 0 | 42 ordered |
| Lockheed F-104J Eiko | US | interceptor | 1966 | retired 1986 | 210 | interceptor version of F-104G - some imports & kits and most license-produced by Mitsubishi, some converted to UF-104J radio-controlled target drones; some delivered to Taiwanese Air Force after retirement |
| Lockheed F-104DJ Eiko | US | trainer | 1966 | retired 1986 | 20 | dual-control trainer version of F-104J, one built as Lockheed kit & rest assembled by Mitsubishi and Kawasaki; some delivered to Taiwanese Air Force after retirement |
| Lockheed P2V-7 | US | maritime patrol | 1959 | retired 1981 | 64 | last Neptune variant produced by Lockheed - 48 assembled by Kawasaki, redesignated P-2H (1962) |
| Lockheed P-3C | US | maritime patrol | 1984 | in use | 54 | also used in signals intelligence (EP-3), surveillance (OP-3C) & as trainers (UP-3D) |
| Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon | US | maritime patrol | 1955 | retired 1960 | 17 | |
| Lockheed T-33A | US | trainer | 1956 | retired 2000 | 287 | subsonic jet trainer manufactured (210) & assembled by Kawasaki |
| MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 | Japan | utility | 1982 | in use | 112 | transport helicopter operated by prefectural police departments |
| McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ | US/Japan | fighter | 1971 | retired 2021 | 140 | simplified F-4E exported to & 138 license-built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 96 updated to F-4EJ Kai in 1995; replaced F-104J |
| McDonnell Douglas RF-4E | US | reconnaissance | 1974 | retired 2020 | 14 | unarmed & similar to RF-4C; replaced RF-86F & replaced by F-15 Eagle |
| Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin | Japan | research | 2016 | retired 2018 | 1 | Japan's first domestically made stealth fighter prototype, also known as ATD-X |
| Mitsubishi F-4EJ Kai | Japan | fighter-bomber | 1989 | retired 2021 | 96 | updated F-4EJs with ground attack capabilities; replaced by F-15J |
| Mitsubishi RF-4EJ | US/Japan | reconnaissance | 1992 | retired 2020 | 15 | converted from F-4EJ & F-4EJ Kai; replaced by F-15 Eagle |
| Mitsubishi F-1 | Japan | multi-role | 1978 | retired 2006 | 77 | Japan's first domestically designed & built supersonic combat aircraft, jointly developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Mitsubishi T-2 trainer airframe modified for anti-ship & ground attack; replaced by Mitsubishi F-2 |
| Mitsubishi F-2A/B Viper Zero | Japan | multi-role | 2000 | in use | 85 | derived from F-16 Agile Falcon to replace F-4EJ & Mitsubishi F-1 |
| Mitsubishi F-15J | Japan | fighter | 1981 | in use | 155 | all but two license-built by Mitsubishi |
| Mitsubishi F-15DJ | Japan | trainer | 1981 | in use | 44 | all but twelve license-built by Mitsubishi |
| Mitsubishi F-X | Japan | fighter | 2031 (planned) | in development | 0 | Japan's first domestically developed stealth fighter - developed from X-2 Shinshin & i3 fighter concept, to replace Mitsubishi F-2 |
| Mitsubishi MU-2/LR-1 | Japan | utility | 1967 | retired 2016 | ~65 | Mitsubishi's first post-WWII aircraft design, also used for SAR (MU-2E designated MU-2S - replaced by U-125A) and liaison & photo-reconnaissance (MU-2C/MU-2B-10/MU-2K designated LR-1 - some used as gate guardians at JGSDF bases) |
| Mitsubishi RP-1 | Japan | research | 1994 | ? | 1 | experimental helicopter developed from Sikorsky S-76 |
| Mitsubishi SH-60J | Japan | SAR | 1991 | in use | 10 | license-built Sikorsky UH-60 helicopter for JMSDF, also known as S-70A-12 |
| Mitsubishi SH-60K | Japan | ASW | 2005 | in use | 73 | license-built helicopter for JMSDF, replacing SH-60J; more improved versions (SH-60L) on order |
| Mitsubishi T-2/T-2A/B | Japan | advanced trainer | 1975 | retired 2006 | 96 | first Japanese-designed aircraft to break the sound barrier & basis of Mitsubishi F-1, armed (T-2B) & unarmed (T-2A) versions; replaced F-86 and was replaced by F-15 & Kawasaki T-4 |
| Mitsubishi T-2 CCV | Japan | research | 1983 | retired 1986 | 1 | experimental "Control Configuration Vehicle" testbed, built from third T-2 produced; on display at Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum (2014) |
| NAMC YS-11 | Japan | transport | 1965 | retired 2021 | 182 | Japan's first post-WWII airliner - replaced DC-3 |
| North American F-86D Gekkō | US | interceptor | 1958 | retired 1968 | 122 | imported through 1961 |
| North American F-86F Kyokukō | US | fighter | 1955 | retired 1982 | 435 | imported 180 through 1957 & 300 license-produced by Mitsubishi through 1961; some returned to US Navy as drones (QF-86F) |
| North American RF-86F | US | reconnaissance | 1962 | retired 1979 | 18 | converted F-86F-30s with cameras |
| North American T-6/SNJ Texan | US | trainer | 1954 | retired 1970 | 257 | all armed - JASDF operated 9 T-6Ds, 11 T-6Fs & 175 T-6Gs and JMSDF operated 10 SNJ-4s, 41 SNJ-5s & 11 SNJ-6s |
| North American T-28B Trojan | US | trainer | 1956 | retired 1963 | 1 | |
| Piper L-21B/PA-18 Super Cub | US | reconnaissance | 1953 | retired 1965 | 62 | including at least one L-21B//U-7A Super Cub (military designation of Super Cub 135) |
| SAAB X1G | Sweden | research | 1957 | retired 1987 | 1 | Saab 91 Safir sold to Japan & modified to test high-lift devices (STOL test platform) for Shin Meiwa PS-1 |
| Shin Meiwa PS-1 | Japan | maritime patrol | 1971 | retired 1989 | 23 | flying boat, one modified (1976) for aerial firefighting; replaced by Lockheed P-3 Orion |
| Shin Meiwa UF-XS | Japan | research | 1962 | retired 1967 | 1 | converted Grumman HU-16 Albatross testbed aircraft |
| ShinMaywa US-1/US-1A | Japan | SAR | 1975 | retired 2017 | 20 | Japan's first amphibious aircraft, first six produced were US-1s; replaced by US-2 |
| ShinMaywa US-2 | Japan | SAR | 2009 | in use | 6 | amphibious aircraft, also used as transport & originally called US-1A kai |
| Sikorsky S-55 | US | utility | 1953 | retired 1976 | 65 | license-built commercial version of H-19 helicopter by Mitsubishi; JG-0001 (H-19C) on display at Tokorozawa Aviation Museum |
| Sikorsky S-61 | US | multi-role | 1963 | retired 2008 | 124+ | Mitsubishi license-built (S-61A/B)/export version (SH-3) helicopter used for ASW (S-61B/HSS-2/SH-3D/HSS-2A/SH-3H/HSS-2B) and utility & SAR (S-61A) |
| Sikorsky S-62J | US | SAR | 1963 | retired 1989 | 19 | license-built amphibious helicopter by Mitsubishi; 53-4774 on display at Hamamatsu Air Park |
| Sikorsky MH-53E | US | minesweeper | 1989 | retired 2017 | 11 | helicopter also known as S-80-M-1 in JMSDF, some purchased by US Navy |
| Sikorsky UH-60J/JA | US | utility | 1997 | in use | 96 | license-built SAR/transport helicopter for JASDF & JGSDF, also known as S-70-12 |
| Stinson L-5 Sentinel | US | reconnaissance | 1953 | retired 1958 | 35 | liaison aircraft |
| Vertol H-21 | US | multi-role | 1959 | retired 1971 | 12 | mostly H-21B Work Horse (Model 42) SAR helicopters & two Model 44A (transport version of H-21B) used for test/evaluation purposes; Model 44As (JG-0001 & JG-0002) on display at Bihoro Aviation Park & Tokorozawa Aviation Museum and H-21B (02-4756) on display at JASDF Air Park |