Tsunami Damages Squadron Of Mitsubishi F-2s

By Leithen Francis leithen_francis@aviationweek.com .
SINGAPORE .

Japan’s ministry of defense is investigating whether it can repair the 18 Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Mitsubishi F-2 fighters that were damaged by seawater from the March 11 tsunami.

The JASDF’s Matsushima air base in Miyagi prefecture, near the epicenter of Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake, was inundated with seawater from the resulting tsunami, ...

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