The F-2 abutment fighter aircraft is a multi role distinct agent fighter aircraft principally advised for the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF), the aftereffect of a collective Japan and USA development programme. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is the prime architect and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company serves as the arch US subcontractor. The F-2A is the single-seat adaptation and F-2B is the two-seat version.
The Japanese Defence Agency originally planned to annex a absolute of 130 F-2 aircraft (83 single-seat and 47 two-seat aircraft) with deliveries to above 2010, but, in aboriginal 2007, this cardinal was bargain to 94.