JASDF formed "Rinji F-35A Hikotai"

[Uni]

JASDF formed up a new sqn. named "Rinji F-35A Hikotai" on 1 Dec., 2017, at Misawa AB.
They have now only one T-4 86-5769 and its new tail markig means "Raijin(God of Thunder)".
There will come one F-35A(AX-6) by the end of January.

*"Rinji" means "temporary" or "special / extra" in Japanese.
*"Hikotai" means "squadron" in Japanese.

This sqn. will change its name to 302 sqn. by the end of FY2018(March 2019),
and it means one Phantom sqn.(now at Hyakuri AB) will vanish.

Uni

T-4 tail marking;
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2 ... 031643.asp

Original painting of the "Raijin";
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/jp/syuzou/meih ... tem10.html

The ceremony of the formation(No a/cs, Japanese only);
http://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/adc/topics/to ... -1204.html