Jasdf Aviation Posters — 2 museum-grade prints on the theme. The F-35 Lightning II emerged from the multinational JSF programme as a fifth-generation stealth fighter integrating sensor fusion, low observables, and internal weapons carriage across F-35A, B, and C variants. Japan selected the F-35A as the primary successor to its ageing F-4 Phantom fleet, with the 302nd Squadron at Misawa among the first JASDF units to transition after decades of Phantom operations from its 1974 stand-up at Chitose. The Mitsubishi F-2 emerged from Japan's FS-X programme as a co-developed derivative of the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries responsible for roughly sixty percent of the airframe and Lockheed Martin supplying the core design lineage. Entering JASDF service in the early 2000s, the F-2A Support Fighter — shien sentōki in Japanese doctrine — prioritises maritime strike with enlarged wing area, composite structure, and ASM-class anti-ship munitions across the island-chain mission set.