1st F-2 support fighter handed over to ASDF

1st F-2 support fighter handed over to ASDF

NAGOYA, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force received its first next-generation F-2 support fighter from its manufacturer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., in a ceremony on Sept. 25. The aircraft -- considered the most expensive fighter on record at a cost of about 12 billion yen per plane -- was handed over by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at the company's plant in the town of Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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