Hasegawa 1 / 48 RF-4E Phantom Ⅱ "Japan Air Self-Defense Force" japan NEW

Plastic aircraft model assembly kit 125 parts.
???RF-4 is a multi-sensor tactical reconnaissance aircraft.

Since this machine had much more capacity than previous fighter aircraft reconnaissance type, it became an all-weather multi-sensor machine equipped with other electronic and infrared sensors of ordinary camera.

RF-4E (model 98 LG) is a fuselage that transplanted the RF-4C nose into a type F-4E airframe without leading edge slats. Unit 1 makes the first flight on September 15, 1970 , 150 machines All manufactured were exported to Western countries, exported to West Germany, Japan, Israel, Iran, Turkey and Greece.

In the Air Self Defense Force, we ordered 14 aircraft in April 1973 as a successor to RF - 86 F. In March 1975, we received all of the aircraft and launched a 501 reconnaissance flying squad in Irikago prefecture.

During the eruption of Usu volcano in 2000, he was also active in gathering information at the time of a disaster, such as conducting a reconnaissance from the sky.

Decal sets a special mark machine released from the mark of the Air Self Defense Force Reconnaissance Squadron No. 501 Squadron in 1994 war competition. "Blue dragon" "white tiger" "Genbu" "Suzaku" "Kirin" is a design with a motif.