Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II na Japan
F-35A nke mbụ Japanese (AX-01; 701) na ụgbọ elu na Ọgọst 24, 2016. Gọọmenti Japan kwadoro ịzụrụ 42 F-35A na Disemba 20, 2011, wee bịanye aka na nkwekọrịta gọọmentị etiti na June 29, 2012.
Japan so na ọnụ ọgụgụ na-arị elu nke ndị na-eji ụgbọ elu F-35 Lightning II ọgụ ọtụtụ ọrụ ruo ọtụtụ afọ. Ọ bụkwa mba nke abụọ na-esote Ịtali (anaghị agụta United States) inwe mgbakọ F-35 na ebe ozi. N'adịghị ka ọtụtụ n'ime ụwa ndị ọzọ, ebe F-35 ga-abụ isi ọgụ ụgbọ elu maka iri afọ ole na ole sochirinụ, na Japan a na-ewere dị ka ihe dị mkpa ma ọ bụ naanị mmeju abụọ ndị ọzọ ụdị - modernized F-15J/DJ kai na ndị agha FX ọgbọ ọhụrụ.
N'etiti afọ iri mbụ nke narị afọ nke abụọ, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (Kōkū Jieitai; Air Self-Defense Force, ASDF) chere ajụjụ nke ịhọrọ ụgbọ elu ọgụ ọhụrụ. Maka ebumnuche ego, mmepụta nke ndị na-alụ ọgụ Mitsubishi F-2A/B ejedebere, na ncheta nke ndị agha McDonnell Douglas F-2008EJ na Phantom II na-ezube ịmalite na 4. Ọ bụ ezie na avionics nke McDonnell Douglas F-15J/DJ Eagle interceptors bụ ọgbara ọhụrụ (lee igbe), ASDF nọ n'ọnọdụ na-adịghị mma na owuwu nke ọgbọ 5 (Chengdu J-20 na Sukhoi T-50/PAK FA, n'otu n'otu. ). Ndị Japan nwere mmasị na onye agha America nke ọgbọ 5 Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor, ma n'ihi mmachibido iwu mbupụ nke US Congress kwadoro, ịzụrụ ha agaghị ekwe omume. Ya mere, ha malitere nyocha nke onwe ha na mmemme mmepe maka ụgbọ elu ndị agha na-esote ọgbọ (lee igbe).
F-35A mbụ nke Japan mere ụgbọ elu mbụ ya si Fort Worth, Texas; Ọgọst 24, 2016 N'ime ọdụ ụgbọ elu nke onye na-anya ule Lockheed Martin,
Paul Hattendorf.
Mmemme Nchekwa Ọkara (MTDP) maka afọ mmefu ego 2005-2009, dabere na Ntuziaka Mmemme Nchebe Mba nke gọọmentị Japan nakweere na Disemba 10, 2004 (Bōei Keikaku no Taikō; Ntuziaka Mmemme Nchebe Mba, NDPG) maka 2005 na sochirinụ. afọ mmefu ego kwuru: Gọọmenti Japan ga-akwalite imeziwanye ndị agha F-15 ma zụta ndị agha ọhụrụ iji dochie F-4. Agbanyeghị, mgbanwe gọọmentị mere na nnabata nke mkpebi ndị akọwapụtara maka ịzụrụ onye ga-anọchi F-4EJ kai egbuola oge ruo ọtụtụ afọ. Naanị na SPR na-esote maka 2011-2015, dabere na NPD 17 gaa n'ihu, nke gọọmentị nabatara na Disemba 2010, 2011, e mere atụmatụ ịzụta batch mbụ nke ndị agha 12 ọhụrụ.
Ndị Candidates na-atụle gụnyere: Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Boeing F-15 Eagle, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Dassault Rafale na Eurofighter Typhoon. N'ọnwa Disemba 2008, e wepụrụ ndepụta a na F-15, F-35 na Typhoon. Ndị nnọchi anya ASDF gara leta ụlọ ọrụ ọ bụla ka ha mụta maka njirimara ụgbọ elu na ụzọ mmepụta. Tinyere ihe ndị ọzọ, na ndabere a, F-2010 nọchiri anya na June 15 site na F/A-18E/F a jụrụ na mbụ. Ka ọ dị ugbu a, gọọmentị kpebiri ịgbakwunye na ndepụta nke ihe achọrọ ohere nke mmepụta ikike ma ọ bụ mgbakọ ikpeazụ nke ụgbọ elu zụrụ na Japan. Echiche ahụ bụ ichekwa ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ụgbọ elu Japan, ọkachasị na Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), nke nwere ikike nrụpụta mapụtara mgbe mmalite nke mmepụta F-2 gasịrị na achọghị ịhapụ ndị ọrụ nka nwere ahụmahụ, zụrụ azụ nke ukwuu.
Na Eprel 13, 2011, Ministri na-ahụ maka nchekwa nke Japan (Bōeishō) zigara arịrịọ maka ozi (RFI) na gọọmentị US na UK gbasara ụgbọ elu ọgụ ọhụrụ. Oge ngwụcha maka ntinye akwụkwọ bụ Septemba 26. N'ịgbaso nyocha ha, na Disemba 20, 2011, gọọmentị Japan na National Security Council (Kokka Anzen Hoshō Kaigi; National Security Council) kwadoro nhọrọ nke F-35A. The bụrụkwa ihe ndị bụ: multitasking, karịsịa ndị dị nnọọ ukwuu ike na ikuku-na-ala ozi, teknuzu mma nke ụgbọ elu na atụmanya maka inwekwu mmepe n'ọdịnihu, nakwa dị ka ikike maka ikpeazụ mgbakọ na mmepụta nke họrọ akụkụ na components na. Japan. Ọ bụ ezie na mmemme F-35 mmepe na nnwale nwere ọtụtụ nsogbu ọrụ aka na ogologo igbu oge n'oge ahụ, ndị Japan mere atụmatụ ịzụrụ nkeji iri anọ na abụọ malite n'afọ mmefu ego 42.
N'ịgbaso ọkwa nke mkpebi gọọmentị Japan, Lockheed Onye isi oche na onye isi oche Martin Bob Stevens kwuru, "Anyị nwere obi ụtọ maka ntụkwasị obi gọọmentị Japan nwere na F-35 na ndị otu mmepụta anyị iji nyefee ndị agha ọgbọ ise a na Japan. Ndị agha nchekwa onwe nke ikuku. Nkwuputa a gosipụtara isiakwụkwọ ọhụrụ na mmekorita anyị na ụlọ ọrụ Japan dị ogologo ma wulite na nkwado nchekwa siri ike n'etiti United States na Japan.
Mmechi nke nkwekọrịta
N'April 30, 2012, Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) gwara US Congress na ndị ọchịchị Japan arịọla ndị nchịkwa US ikike ire F-35A anọ n'okpuru usoro FMS (ahịa ndị agha mba ọzọ), na-enwe ike ịnweta 38 ọzọ. Ọnụ ego nkwekọrịta kachasị elu, na mgbakwunye na ụgbọ elu n'onwe ya, nke na-agụnye ngwá ọrụ ndị ọzọ, akụkụ ahụ mapụtara, akwụkwọ nkà na ụzụ, ngwá ọrụ, ọzụzụ ndị ọrụ na nkwado ngwa ngwa n'oge ọrụ, e mere atụmatụ na $ 10 ijeri. N'ịkwado arịrịọ ahụ, DSCA kwuru: Japan bụ nnukwu ike ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na akụ na ụba na East Asia na Western Pacific na isi ihe jikọrọ United States n'ịhụ na udo na nkwụsi ike na mpaghara ahụ. Gọọmentị US na-arụ ọrụ ntọala na akụrụngwa na Japan. Ọrịre a tụrụ aro dabara na ebumnuche ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị US yana 1960 Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty.
Nkwekọrịta gọọmentị etiti (LOA) maka ịzụrụ F-35A anọ nwere nhọrọ maka 38 (nke ejiri n'afọ ndị sochirinụ) ejiri akụrụngwa na ọrụ metụtara ya bịanyere aka na June 29, 2012. Na ndabere a, Ngalaba Nchebe US. , na-anọchite anya Gọọmenti Japan, na March 25 2013 bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta kwekọrọ na Lockheed Martin. Akụkọ kwa afọ nke Ngalaba Nchebe nke Jenụwarị 2013 kwuru na F-35A anọ mbụ ASDF ga-enwe sọftụwia avionics Block 3i. Igwe ndị na-esote, malite na usoro Lot 9 LRIP (Low Rate Initial Production), ejirila ngwanrọ Block 3F kwadoo ya.
