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JASDF receives first EW C-2, as F-X plans progress

5th October 2020 - 01:49 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch

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Japan has taken delivery of its new electronic attack aircraft, accepting the RC-2 from KHI on 1 October.

On 1 October, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) accepted its first RC-2 aircraft from Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI), this being a special version of the C-2 transport aircraft that is fitted out for EW missions.

The RC-2 performed its first test flights from Gifu in 2018, and since then it has been undergoing an extensive series of tests by the JASDF’s Air Development and Test Wing plus the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency at Iruma Air Base.

The first RC-2 was converted from KHI’s second flight prototype aircraft XC-2 (serial number ‘002’), which first flew in January 2011. Its

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