KAWASAKI T-4 'HAMAMATSU SPECIAL 2019'

Kawasaki T-4 is a modern Japanese training and training aircraft. The first prototypes of the machine were created in 1985, and serial production continued in 1988-2003, ending with the production of about 210 examples of this aircraft. The drive is provided by two turbofan engines Ishikawajima-Harima F3-IHI-30 . The aircraft can reach a maximum speed estimated at Mach 0.9. The machine has no fixed armament. The Kawasaki T-4 was commissioned by the Japanese Air Force for an advanced training aircraft to replace the Lockheed T-33 and Fuji T-1 machines as part of the MX-T program. The machine is characterized by decent flight characteristics, a large range of flight safety and advanced electronics for this class of machines, which may be due to the fact that it is able to carry shooting weapons and - perhaps - bombs, but also equipment for detecting contamination on under-wing nodes. The machine is also characterized by good aerobatic properties, which made it a part of the equipment of the Japanese air force acrobatic team "Blue Impuls". The Kawasaki T-4 is currently used exclusively by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.