this list of military aircraft of japan includes prototype, pre-production and operational types regardless of era. this includes both native japanese designs, japanese produced licensed copies of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of japan. wikipedia policy is to use the japanese names, not the world war ii allied codenames, although these will included here for ease of reference. 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. (note: a " - " means the information is unknown, not yet added, or not applicable.) == modern (post 1945) == see also: japan air self-defense force; the j.a.s.d.f was formed in 1954. === fighters === {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; border:3px solid #ccc; font-size:90%; font-family:arial, helvetica;" |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| military aircraft of japan postâ1945 |- style="background:#e8e8e8;" | colspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|fighters |- style="background:#efefef;" ! style="width:225px;"|designation || width=40|total || width=100|in&nbsp;service ||role/info |- |north american f-86f "kyokko" ("sunrise") || 435 || 1955â1982 || fighter; north american/north american kit/mitsubishi licence production. |- |north american f-86d "kyokko" ("sunrise") || 122 || 1958â1968 || fighter; north american. |- |lockheed f-104j "eiko" ("glory") || 210 || 1966â1986 || fighter; lockheed/lockheed kits/mitsubishi licence production. |- |lockheed f-104dj "eiko" ("glory") || 20 || 1966â1986 || two-seat version (training); all lockheed kits. |- |mcdonnell douglas/mitsubishi f-4ej || 140 || 1971â1995 || fighter; (138 mitsubishi manufactured). |- |mitsubishi f-4ej kai || 96 || 1989â || improved variant; last 'j' overhauled to kai standard in 1995; (kai = 'improved'). |- |mitsubishi f-1 || 77 || 1977â2006 || single-seat fighter version of the t-2; modeled on sepecat jaguar features, but not technical design. |- |mitsubishi f-2 || 98 || 2000â || fighter; based on the general dynamics f-16 fighting falcon, replacing f-1. |- |mitsubishi f-15j || 223 || 1981â || fighter; 12 built by mcdonnell douglas, the rest by mitsubishi heavy industries. |- |mitsubishi f-15dj || 48 || 1981â || two-seat version (training). |} === reconnaissance aircraft === {| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 1em 1em; border:3px solid #ccc; font-size:90%; font-family:arial, helvetica;" |- style="background:#ccc;" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=&
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