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F-1 attack aircraft

Country of Origin: Japan

The F-1 was a Japanese-designed attack aircraft derived from the earlier T-2 trainer, which in turn strongly resembled the SEPECAT Jaguar; the three aircraft used different models of the same engine. The T-2/F-1 had a lower aspect ratio wing, broader-chord fin and rudder, and different intakes from the Jaguar.

The shoulder-mounted wing had 9 degrees of anhedral and 36 degrees of sweep at the quarter chord (a small wing root section is swept at 68 degrees). Flaps line the entire...

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