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, or 11 Squadron, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force

The , or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations....
. Originally formed in 1960 as a team of six F-86 Sabre
F-86 Sabre

The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority....
s, the team switched to the Mitsubishi T-2
Mitsubishi T-2

The Mitsubishi T-2 is a jet engine Trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In 2003, the first T-2 was retired. By March 2006, all T-2s had been retired....
 in 1980 and then the Kawasaki T-4
Kawasaki T-4

The Kawasaki T-4 is a subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self Defense Force. It is currently used by the JASDF's Blue Impulse aerobatic team....
 in 1995. They are based at Matsushima Air Base.








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, or 11 Squadron, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force

The , or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations....
. Originally formed in 1960 as a team of six F-86 Sabre
F-86 Sabre

The North American Aviation F-86 Sabre was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. The Sabre is best known for its Korean War role where it was pitted against the Soviet MiG-15 and obtained UN air superiority....
s, the team switched to the Mitsubishi T-2
Mitsubishi T-2

The Mitsubishi T-2 is a jet engine Trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. In 2003, the first T-2 was retired. By March 2006, all T-2s had been retired....
 in 1980 and then the Kawasaki T-4
Kawasaki T-4

The Kawasaki T-4 is a subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self Defense Force. It is currently used by the JASDF's Blue Impulse aerobatic team....
 in 1995. They are based at Matsushima Air Base.

History


  • 1960: Team founded.
  • 1964: 1964 Summer Olympics
    1964 Summer Olympics

    The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964....
     (Tokyo
    Tokyo

    , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
    ) opening.
  • 1982: 14 November: Accident in Hamamatsu Air Base. One T-2 (#4) crashed.
  • 1991: 4 July: Accident in the Pacific Ocean
    Pacific Ocean

    The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
    . Two T-2s (#2 and #4) crashed.
  • 1998: 1998 Winter Olympics
    1998 Winter Olympics

    The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan....
     (Nagano
    Nagano, Nagano

    , the capital cities of Japan of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshu....
    ) opening.
  • 2000: 4 July: Accident in the Oshika Peninsula
    Oshika Peninsula

    The Oshika Peninsula is a peninsula which projects southeast into the Pacific Ocean from the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northwest Honshu, the main island of Japan....
    . Two T-4s performing a dual solo (#5 and #6) crashed.
  • 2002: 4 June: 2002 FIFA World Cup
    2002 FIFA World Cup

    The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. The two countries were chosen as FIFA World Cup hosts#2002 FIFA World Cup by FIFA in May 1996 and was the first tournament in its history to be hosted by two countries....
     Japan versus Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
     (Saitama Stadium
    Saitama Stadium

    , often called or simply , is a football stadium located in Midori-ku, Saitama, Saitama, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.Currently J. League football club Urawa Red Diamonds uses this stadium as its home ground in addition to Urawa Komaba Stadium....
    ) opening.


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