Koku Fan March 2024 Issue

[Machine Translation] Special Feature / Fifth and Sixth Generation Fighter Aircraft and F-15EX Deployment of the F-35 Lightning II, categorized as a fifth-generation fighter aircraft, is progressing and the number of aircraft is steadily increasing in various countries. In this context, the 301st squadron of the Lightning Scheduleron of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force celebrated its 50th anniversary since the days of the F-4 Phantom II. This month's issue covers the F-35 squadrons of various countries, the F-15EX Eagle II, the latest version of the F-15, whose deployment at Kadena Air Base has become a reality, and the latest information on the modernization of the F-22A Raptor, said to be the most powerful air superiority fighter in the world. It also provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the GCAP (Global Combat Aviation Program) being promoted by Japan, the U.K., and Italy, as well as the recently concluded treaty establishing a coordinating body for each country, GIGO, and the overall flow of the GCAP. Emergency Commentary: Haneda Airport Collision between JAL and Coast Guard Aircraft This month's featured articles / Last Air Festival in 2023 - Naha & Hyakuri / Ford Tri-Motor's graceful flight / JAL's new flagship A350-1000 arrives / Foreign eyes on JSDF T-4 successor aircraft / JAL's last 777-200ER leaves Japan / The Royal Thai Air Force National Aviation Museum's exhibition on the Royal Thai Air Force National Aviation Museum / JAL's last 777-200ER leaves Japan / The Royal Thai Air Force National Aviation Museum's exhibition on the Royal Thai Air Force National Aviation Museum The Royal Thai Air Force National Aviation Museum's Aircraft Exhibit Part 3 / The Yumenova theme park, which includes the KAKUHAKU HIROSAWA Aviation Museum, opens on February 11 Featured Graphic / BALTIC HUNTER 2023, a training exercise for military equipment instructors in Germany and the Netherlands / US Marine Corps Reserve combat helicopter squadron flies over Manhattan HMLA-773 "Red Dogs" / Newly renovated Italian Air Force Museum-MUSAM / Flying replica of Italian WWI Caproni Ca.3 bomber / Yoshihide Muroya 2024 begins

特集●第5、第6世代戦闘機とF-15EX 第5世代戦闘機にカテゴライズされるF-35ライトニングIIの各国配備が進み、機数が着実に増えている。そんななか、航空自衛隊のライトニングスコードロン第301飛行隊がF-4ファントムIIの時代から数えて50周年を迎えた。今月はこうした各国のF-35部隊の動きとともに、嘉手納基地への配備が現実化を帯びてきたF-15の最新バージョンF-15EXイーグルIIと、最強の制空戦闘機といわれているF-22Aラプター近代化の最新情報などを網羅。さらに日英伊で進められるGCAP(グローバル戦闘航空プログラム)について、先ごろ結ばれた各国の調整機関設立条約GIGOと、GCAP全体の流れも分かりやすく説明する。 緊急解説 羽田空港JAL機・海保機衝突事故 今月の注目記事 ●2023年ラスト航空祭～那覇&百里 ●フォード・トライモーターの優雅な飛行 ●JALの新フラッグシップA350-1000初号機到着 ●空自T-4後継機へ海外が注ぐ視線 ●JAL最後の777-200ER日本を発つ ●タイ王国空軍国立航空博物館の展示機 Part 3 ●「科博廣澤航空博物館」含むテーマパーク「ユメノバ」2月11日にオープン 注目グラフィック特集 ●ドイツ・オランダの兵装教官養成演習「バルティックハンター2023」 ●マンハッタン上空を飛ぶ米海兵隊予備役戦闘ヘリ部隊HMLA-773“Red Dogs” ●新装なったイタリア空軍博物館―MUSAM ●第一次大戦時のイタリア軍カプロニCa.3爆撃機フライングレプリカ ●室屋義秀2024始動