Mitsubishi F-1

The Mitsubishi F-1 is a single-seat military aircraft with an external length of 17.86 meters, an external height of 2.8 meters, and a fuselage diameter of 1 meter. It has a tail height of 4.48 meters and a wheelbase of 5.2 meters. The wingspan is 7.88 meters and the wing area is 21.2 square meters. It has an empty weight of 6,358 kg, a maximum takeoff weight of 13,674 kg, a maximum payload of 2,720 kg, and a fuel tank capacity of 980 US gal.

The aircraft is powered by twin Ishikawa-Harima TF40-801A engines. These are afterburning turbofan engines with a two-stage LP five-stage HP compressor, and a single-stage LP single-stage HP turbine each. Each engine produces a dry thrust of 5,100 lbf and an afterburning thrust of 8,000 lbf. The F-1 has a maximum speed of 920 knots at 36,089 feet. The combat range is 300 nautical miles at a high-low-high profile with two ASM-1 missiles and one 220 US gal drop tank. It has a ferry range of 1,550 nautical miles with maximum external fuel. It can fly up to 50,000 feet and can climb at a rate of 35,000 feet per minute.

The F-1 is armed with a single 20 mm Jm61A1 Vulcan six-barrel air-cooled electrically-fired Gatling-style rotary cannon. It is also equipped with hardpoints in the centerline, four located underwing, and two wingtip missile rails. Several bombs and missiles are also included such as air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface missiles, and rocket launchers on four underwings, two wingtips, and one under-fuselage pylon.

It also carried various weapons including AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missile, AAM-1, Type 80 air-to-ship missile/ Type 93 air-to-ship missile anti-ship missiles, JLAU-3A 70 mm rocket pods, RL-7 70 mm rockets, RL-4 mm rockets, Mk-82 and M117 bombs, and GCS-1, infrared homing guided types of the Mk-82 and M1117.