List of military aircraft of Japan

This list of military aircraft of Japan includes project, prototype, pre-production and operational types regardless of era. This includes both domestically developed Japanese designs, licensed variants of foreign designs, and foreign-produced aircraft that served in the military of Japan.

Japanese names are used here, not World War II Allied codenames. The prefix "Ki" in this list is an abbreviation of "Kitai", meaning "airframe", and was used only by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. "Ki" should be read as one word. For clarification on other designations, particularly those used by the Navy, see Japanese military aircraft designation systems. (Note: " - " indicates information is unknown or not applicable.)

## Post-1945

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See also: Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Fleet Air Force (JMSDF)

Type | Origin | Role | Adopted | Status | Total | Notes

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Aeronca L-16 | US | utility | 1952 | retired 1953 | 20 |
AgustaWestland MCH-101 | Italy/UK | multi-role | 2007 |  | 14 | minesweeper/transport, replacing MH-53E
Beech King Air C90 | US | reconnaissance | 1974 | retired 2010 | 1 | photo survey
Beech King Air LC-90 | US | utility | 1974 |  | 5 | liaison
Beechcraft 18 Benibato | US | trainer | 1957 | retired 1965 | 35 |
Beechcraft TC-90 | US | multi-engine trainer | 1974 |  | 34 | trainer
Beechcraft LR-2 | US | utility | 1998 |  | 6 | liaison
Beechcraft Queen Air Umibato | US | navigation trainer | 1963 | retired 2000 | 28 | liaison
Beechjet T-400 | US | crew trainer | 1994 |  | 13 |
Bell AH-1S Cobra | US | attack helicopter | 1979 |  | 88 |
Bell H-13/47 | US | utility | 1953 | retired 1998 | 127 | helicopter
Bell UH-1B/H Hiyodori | US | utility | 1962 |  | 223 | helicopter
Boeing AH-64D | US | attack helicopter | 2007 |  | 12 |
Boeing 747-47C | US | transport | 1992 | retired 2019 | 2 | VIP transport
Boeing E-767 | US | AEW | 1999 | 4 in use | 4 |
Boeing KC-767J | US | transport | 2011 | 4 in use | 4 | In-flight refueling
Boeing CH-47J/CH-47JA | US | transport | 1988 |  | 32 | helicopter license-built by Kawasaki
British Aerospace U–125 | UK | utility | 1992 |  | 27 | also search & rescue
Cessna U206G Stationair | US | utility | 1977 | retired 1997 | 1 |
Cessna L-19 Bird Dog Soyokaze | US | reconnaissance | 1954 | retired 1994 | 129 | 22 built by Fuji
Curtiss C-46 Commando | US | transport | 1954 | retired 1978 | 48 |
Douglas R4D Dakota Manazuru | US | transport | 1958 | retired 1972 | 4 |
Eurocopter TH-135 | Multinational | trainer | 2009 |  | 15 | helicopter
Fuji LM-1 Nikko | Japan | trainer | 1955 | retired 1983 | 134 | also liaison, T-34 Mentor development
Fuji LM-2/KM-2/TL-1 | Japan | trainer | 1962 | retired 1998 | 66 | also liaison
Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka | Japan | advanced trainer | 1960 | retired 2006 | 64 |
Fuji T-3 (KM-2B) | Japan | trainer | 1978 | in use | 50 |
Fuji T-5 (KM-2D) | Japan | trainer | 1988 |  | 36 |
Fuji T-7 (KM-2F) | Japan | trainer | 2002 |  | 49 |
Fuji TACOM | Japan | UAV | 1995 | retired 2011 | 6 |
Fuji UH-1J | Japan | utility | 1994 |  | 100-(120) | helicopter, UH-1H development
Grumman Albatross Harigane | US | multi-role | 1961 | retired 1976 | 6 | amphibian, one converted for research as UF-XS
Grumman Goose | US | utility | 1955 | retired 1961 | 4 | amphibian
Grumman E-2C | US | AEW | 1983 |  | 51 |
Grumman S2F-1 Aotaka | US | maritime patrol | 1957 | retired 1986 | 60 |
Grumman TBM-3 Avenger | US | multi-role | 1954 | retired 1961 | 20 |
Gulfstream U-4 | US | transport | 1997 |  | 5 |
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse | US | reconnaissance | 1969 |  | 332 | helicopter
Hughes TH-55J | US | trainer | 1971 | retired 1995 | 38 | helicopter
Kawasaki C-1 | Japan | transport | 1974 |  | 31 |
Kawasaki C-2 | Japan | transport | 2016 |  | 7 | replacing C–1 and C–130H
Kawasaki KH-4 | Japan | utility | 1965 |  | 19 | helicopter, Bell 47G variant.
Kawasaki-Vertol KV-107II | Japan | transport | 1966 | retired 2009 | 120 | helicopter
Kawasaki KAL-2 | Japan | liaison | 1954 | retired 1964 | 2 | prototypes
Kawasaki OH-1 Ninja | Japan | reconnaissance | 2000 |  | 31 | helicopter (Kongata Kansoko)
Kawasaki P-1 | Japan | maritime patrol | 2013 | in use |  |
Kawasaki P-2J Owashi | Japan | maritime patrol | 1966 | retired 1998 | 82 | P2V Neptune development
Kawasaki P2V-7 VSA | Japan | research | 1977 | retired 1982 | 1 | Variable Stability Aircraft research
Kawasaki T-4 | Japan | trainer | 1988 |  | 208 |
Learjet U-36A | US | trainer | 1985 |  | 6 | combat support Learjet 35A
Lockheed C-130H | US | transport | 1983 |  | 16 | used by JMSDF and JASDF
Lockheed Martin C-130R | US | transport | 2014-2016 |  | 6 | ex-USAF KC-130R aerial tanker (sold as C-130R without refueling system) with regeneration from 2012 to 2016. Assigned to JMSDF.
Lockheed Martin F-35A | US | multi-role | 2018 |  | 23 | 105 total ordered. 38 being built by Mitsubishi.
Lockheed Martin F-35B | US | multi-role | 2025 (expected) |  |  | 42 total ordered
Lockheed F-104J Eiko | US | fighter | 1966 | retired 1986 | 210 | imports/kits/license production
Lockheed F-104DJ Eiko | US | trainer | 1966 | retired 1986 | 20 | Lockheed kits
Lockheed P2V-7 Owashi | US | maritime patrol | 1959 | retired 1981 | 64 |
Lockheed P-3C | US | maritime patrol | 1981 |  | 110 |
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon | US | maritime patrol | 1955 | retired 1960 | 17 |
Lockheed T-33 Wakataka | US | trainer | 1954 | retired 2000 | 287 |
MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 | Japan | utility | 1985 |  | 2 | helicopter, flight test assistance
McDonnell Douglas F-4EJ | US | fighter | 1971 | retired 1995 | 140 | 138 built by Mitsubishi, updated to Kai in 1995
McDonnell Douglas RF-4E | US | reconnaissance | 1974 |  | 10 |
Mitsubishi X-2 Shinshin | Japan | research | 2016 |  | 1 | stealth technology testbed
Mitsubishi F-4EJ Kai | Japan | fighter | 1989 | retired 2020 | 96 | Js updated to Kai in 1995
Mitsubishi RF-4EJ | US/Japan | reconnaissance | 1990 | retired 2020 | 14 | replaced lost RF-4Es
Mitsubishi F-1 | Japan | fighter | 1978 | retired 2006 | 77 |
Mitsubishi F-2 | Japan | fighter | 2000 |  | 98 | F-16 development, replacing F-1
Mitsubishi F-15J | Japan | fighter | 1981 |  | 223 | 12 built by MDD, the rest by Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi F-15DJ | Japan | trainer | 1981 |  | 48 |
Mitsubishi F-X | Japan | fighter | 2035 (planned) |  |  | Planned sixth-generation stealth fighter developed from X-2 Shinshin and i3 fighter concept
Mitsubishi MU-2/LR-1 | Japan | utility | 1967 | retired 2008 | 53 | also SAR and photo-reconnaissance
Mitsubishi RP-1 | Japan | research | 1994 |  | 1 | helicopter
Mitsubishi SH-60J | Japan | ASW | 1991 |  | 70 | helicopter
Mitsubishi SH-60K | Japan | ASW | 2005 |  | (50) | helicopter, replacing SH-60J
Mitsubishi T-2/T-2A | Japan | advanced trainer | 1975 | retired 2006 | 96 |
Mitsubishi T-2 CCV | Japan | research | 1984 | retired 1998 | 1 | Control Configured Vehicle
NAMC YS-11 | Japan | transport | 1965 |  | 23 |
North American F-86D Gekko | US | fighter | 1958 | retired 1968 | 122 | imported
North American F-86F Kyokuko | US | fighter | 1955 | retired 1982 | 435 | imports/kits/license production
North American RF-86F | US | reconnaissance | 1961 | retired 1979 | 18 |
North American T-6/SNJ Texan Matsukaze | US | trainer | 1954 | retired 1970 | 232 |
North American T-28B Trojan | US | trainer | 1956 | retired 1963 | 1 |
Piper L-21B/PA-18 Super Cub | US | reconnaissance | 1953 | retired 1965 | 62 |
SAAB X1G | Sweden | utility | 1957 | retired 1987 | 1 | STOL research, flight test assistance
ShinMaywa PS-1 | Japan | maritime patrol | 1971 | retired 1989 | 21 | flying boat
ShinMaywa UF-XS | Japan | research | 1963 | retired 1967 | 1 |
ShinMaywa US-1/US-1A | Japan | SAR | 1975 | retired 2017 | 19 | flying boat
ShinMaywa US-2 | Japan | SAR | 2007 | in use | 3-(14) | flying boat
Sikorsky S-55 | US | utility | 1953 | retired 1976 | 65 | helicopter
Sikorsky S-61 Chidori | US | multi-role | 1963 | retired 2008 | 185 | ASW, utility and SAR helicopter
Sikorsky S-62J Raicho | US | SAR | 1963 | retired 1988 | 19 | helicopter
Sikorsky MH-53E | US | minesweeper | 1989 |  | 11 | helicopter
Sikorsky UH-60J/JA | US | multi-role | 1990 |  | 47 | helicopter
Stinson L-5 Sentinel | US | reconnaissance | 1953 | retired 1958 | 35 |
Vertol H-21 Houo | US | multi-role | 1959 | retired 1971 | 12 | helicopter

## Pre-1945

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See also: Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service, Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, and World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft

Type | Total | Date | Service | Class | Role | Notes

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Aichi B7A Ryusei | 114 | 1942 | Navy | single-engine | carrier torpedo bomber |
Aichi D1A | 590 | 1934 | Navy | biplane | carrier dive bomber |
Aichi D3A | 1,486 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | carrier dive bomber |
Aichi E3A | 12 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Aichi E11A | 17 | 1937 | Navy | flying boat | night reconnaissance |
Aichi E12A | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Aichi E13A | 1,418 | 1940 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Aichi E16A Zuiun | 256 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Aichi H9A | 31 | 1940 | Navy | flying boat | flying boat trainer |
Aichi Type 15-Ko Mi-go | 4+ | 1925 | Navy | floatplane | reconnaissance |
Aichi M6A Seiran | 28 | 1943 | Navy | floatplane | submarine attack bomber |
Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan | 2 | 1945 | Navy | landplane | bomber trainer |
Aichi Navy Type 2 | 2 | 1928 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Aichi S1A | 2 | n/a | Navy | twin-engine | night fighter | prototypes destroyed unflown
Army model 2 ground-taxiing trainer | 97+ | 1919 | Army | monoplane | primary trainer | converted Nieuport 81
Army Type Mo-4 | 84 | 1915 | Army | biplane | trainer |
Army Type Mo-5 | 11 | 1919 | Army | biplane | trainer | 1st Japanese purpose-built trainer
Avro 504K/L/S | 310 | 1921 | Navy | biplane | trainer |
Bréguet 19 | 3+ | 1925 | Navy | sesquiplane | reconnaissance |
Canadian Car & Foundry AXG1 | 1 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | fighter |
Curtiss-Wright LXC1 | 1-3 | 1936 | Navy | amphibian | transport |
Dewoitine D.510J | 2 | 1935 | Navy | monoplane | fighter |
Douglas DC-2 | 2 | 1936 | Army | twin-engine | transport | 1 built by Nakajima
Douglas HXD | 1 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | transport |
Fairchild LXF1 | 1 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | transport |
Army Type Mo | 30 | 1913 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance |
Army Type Mo-4 | 84 | 1915 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance |
Army Type Mo-6 | 134 | 1917 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance |
Felixstowe F.5 | 60 ca. | 1921 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Fiat I-Type (BR.20) | 85 | 1938 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Gasuden KR-2 | 1+ | 1934 | Navy | biplane | transport | DH Fox Moth development[1]
Gloster Sparrowhawk | 90 | 1931 | Navy | biplane | fighter |
Hansa-Brandenburg W.33 | 310 | 1922 | Navy | floatplane | maritime reconnaissance |
Heinkel HD 23/Aichi Type H | 4 | 1926 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Heinkel A7He1 | 12 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | fighter |
Hiro G2H | 8 | 1933 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber |
Hiro H1H | 65 | 1925 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Hiro H2H | 17 | 1932 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Hiro H3H | 1 | 1931 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Hiro H4H | 47 | 1933 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Kayaba Ka-1/Ka-2 Ka-Go | 98 | 1941 | Army | autogyro | maritime reconnaissance | also used for liaison
Kawanishi E7K | 533 | 1933 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Kawanishi E10K | 1 | 1934 | Navy | flying boat | transport |
Kawanishi E11K | 2 | 1937 | Navy | flying boat | transport |
Kawanishi E13K | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Kawanishi E15K Shiun | 15 | 1941 | Navy | floatplane | high speed reconnaissance |
Kawanishi H6K | 217 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | also built as transport
Kawanishi H8K | 131 | 1941 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance | also built as transport
Kawanishi K6K | 3 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer |
Kawanishi K8K | 15 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer |
Kawanishi K-11 | 2 | 1927 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu | 97 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | fighter |
Kawanishi N1K1-J/N1K2-J Shiden | 1,006 | 1943 | Navy | landplane | interceptor | N1K landplane derivative
Kawasaki Army Otsu 1 | 600+ | 1919 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance | Salmson 2 A.2
Kawasaki Army Type 88 | 1,117 | 1927 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance |
Kawasaki Army Type 92 | 385 | 1929 | Army | biplane | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-3 | 243 | 1933 | Army | biplane | light bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-5 | 4 | 1934 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-10 | 588 | 1935 | Army | biplane | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-28 | 2 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-32 | 854 | 1937 | Army | monoplane | light bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu | 1,701 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-48 | 1,677 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | light bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-56 | 121 | 1940 | Army | twin-engine | transport | Lockheed 14
Kawasaki Ki-60 | 3 | 1940 | Army | monoplane | fighter | inline engine
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien | 3,078 | 1941 | Army | monoplane | fighter | inline engine
Kawasaki Ki-64 | 1 | 1943 | Army | tandem-engine | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-66 | 6 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | dive bomber |
Kawasaki Ki-78 Kensan III | 1 | 1942 | Army | single engine monoplane | High speed research |
Kawasaki Ki-88 | 0 | n/a | Army | mid-engine | fighter | cancelled
Kawasaki Ki-91 | 0 | 1945 | Army | four-engine | heavy bomber | prototype destroyed in raid
Kawasaki Ki-96 | 3 | 1943 | Army | twin-engine | fighter |
Kawasaki Ki-100 | 121 | 1945 | Army | monoplane | fighter | Ki-61 with radial engine
Kawasaki Ki-102 | 238 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | heavy fighter | heavy/night fighter
Kawasaki Ki-108 | 4 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | high-altitude fighter | Ki-102 derivative
Kawasaki Ki-119 | 0 | n/a | Army | single-engine | bomber | prototype not completed
Kokusai Ki-59 | 59 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | transport |
Kokusai Ki-76 | 1+ | 1941 | Army | single-engine | command liaison |
Kokusai Ki-86 | 1,037 | 1944 | Army | biplane | primary trainer | license-built Bücker Bü 131
Kokusai Ki-105 Ohtori | 9 | 1945 | Army | twin-engine | transport | powered Ku-7
Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru | 2 | 1945 | Army | glider | transport |
Kokusai Ku-8 | 700 ca. | 1941 | Army | glider | transport | unpowered Ki-59
Koshiki-2 Experimental Fighter | 2 | 1922 | Army | biplane | fighter | first Japanese-designed fighter
Kyushu J7W Shinden | 1 | 1945 | Navy | canard | interceptor |
Kyushu K9W1 Momiji | 339 | 1942 | Navy | biplane | primary trainer | license-built Bücker Bü 131
Kyushu K10W1 | 176 | 1943 | Navy | monoplane | intermediate trainer |
Kyushu K11W Shiragiku | 798 | 1942 | Navy | monoplane | operations trainer |
Kyushu Q1W Tokai | 153 | 1943 | Navy | twin-engine | maritime reconnaissance |
Mansyu Ki-79 | 1,329 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | advanced trainer | based on Ki-27
Mansyu Ki-98 | 0 | n/a | Army | pusher | light bomber | prototype destroyed to avoid capture
Mitsubishi 1MF | 138 | 1921 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Mitsubishi 1MT | 20 | 1922 | Navy | triplane | carrier torpedo bomber |
Mitsubishi 2MR8 Type 92 | 130 | 1932 | Army | parasol monoplane | reconnaissance |
Mitsubishi A5M | 1,094 | 1935 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter |
Mitsubishi A6M Reisen | 10,939 | 1939 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter | 517 built as trainers
Mitsubishi A7M Reppu | 8 | 1944 | Navy | monoplane | carrier fighter |
Mitsubishi B1M | 443 | 1923 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber |
Mitsubishi B2M | 206 | 1932 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber |
Mitsubishi B5M | 270 | 1936 | Navy | monoplane | attack bomber |
Mitsubishi C1M | 159 | 1932 | Navy | biplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Mitsubishi F1M | 1,118 | 1936 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Mitsubishi G3M/L3Y | 1,048 | 1934 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | transport variant built as L3Y
Mitsubishi G4M | 2,435 | 1939 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber |
Mitsubishi G6M | 30 | 1940 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | some built as transports
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden | 621 | 1942 | Navy | monoplane | interceptor |
Mitsubishi J8M Shusui | 5 | 1945 | Navy | rocket | interceptor |
Mitsubishi K3M/Ki-7 | 625 | 1930 | Navy | monoplane | crew trainer | some built as transports
Mitsubishi 己 1 (Ki 1)/Hanriot HD-14 | 146+ | 1924 | Army | biplane | primary trainer | built by Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi Ki-1 | 219 | 1933 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-2 | 187 | 1933 | Army | twin-engine | light bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-15/C5M | 500 ca. | 1936 | Army | single-engine | reconnaissance |
Mitsubishi Ki-20 | 6 | 1931 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-21 | 2,064 | 1936 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-30 | 686 | 1937 | Army | single-engine | light bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-46 | 1,742 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance |
Mitsubishi Ki-51 | 1,472 | 1939 | Army | single-engine | assault bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-57/L4M/MC-20 | 406 | 1939 | Army/Navy | twin-engine | transport |
Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryu | 606 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Mitsubishi Ki-83 | 4 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | escort fighter |
Mitsubishi Ki-109 | 22 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | interceptor | experimental
Mitsubishi Ki-200 Shusui | 5 | 1945 | Army | rocket | interceptor | experimental
Mitsubishi Ko-1 | 57 | 1915 | Army | sesquiplane | trainer | license-built Nieuport 81
Nakajima A1N | 151 | 1927 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Nakajima A2N | 166 | 1929 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Nakajima A4N | 221 | 1935 | Navy | biplane | carrier fighter |
Nakajima A6M2-N | 327 | 1942 | Navy | floatplane | fighter |
Nakajima Army Type 91 | 450 | 1927 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Nakajima B5N | 1,150 ca. | 1937 | Navy | monoplane | carrier torpedo bomber |
Nakajima B-6 | 2+ | 1919 | Army | biplane | bomber | Breguet 14
Nakajima B6N Tenzan | 1,268 | 1941 | Navy | single-engine | carrier torpedo bomber |
Nakajima C3N | 2 | 1936 | Navy | single-engine | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima C6N Saiun | 463 | 1943 | Navy | single-engine | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima E2N | 80 | 1929 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima E4N | 171 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima E8N | 753 | 1934 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima E12N | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Nakajima G5N Shinzan | 6 | 1941 | Navy | four-engine | heavy bomber | 4 built as transports
Nakajima G8N Renzan | 4 | 1944 | Navy | four-engine | heavy bomber |
Nakajima J1N Gekko | 429 | 1941 | Navy | twin-engine | night fighter |
Nakajima J5N Tenrai | 6 | 1944 | Navy | twin-engine | interceptor | experimental
Nakajima Kikka | 2 | 1945 | Navy | jet | interceptor |
Nakajima Ki-4 | 518 | 1934 | Army | biplane | direct co-operation |
Nakajima Ki-6/C2N | unk | 1930 | Army/Navy | single-engine | transport/trainer |
Nakajima Ki-19 | 4 | 1937 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Nakajima Ki-27 | 3,368 | 1936 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Nakajima Ki-34/L1N | 318 | 1936 | Army/Navy | twin-engine | transport |
Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa | 5,919 | 1939 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Nakajima Ki-44 Shoki | 1,225 | 1940 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu | 763 | 1939 | Army | twin-engine | heavy bomber |
Nakajima Ki-58 | 3 | 1940 | Army | twin-engine | escort fighter | Ki-49 variant
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate | 3,514 | 1943 | Army | monoplane | fighter |
Nakajima Ki-87 | 1 | 1945 | Army | monoplane | high-altitude fighter |
Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi | 105 | 1945 | Army | single-engine | attack bomber | Kamikaze
Nakajima Ko-2 | 40 | 1914 | Army | sesquiplane | trainer | license-built Nieuport 83
Nakajima Ko-3 | 102 | 1917 | Army | sesquiplane | fighter | also used as a trainer
Nakajima Ko-4 | 608 | 1918 | Army | biplane | fighter |
Nakajima LXD-1 | 1 | 1939 | Navy | four-engine | transport | Douglas DC-4E
Nakajima Type 5 | 101 | 1919 | Army | biplane | trainer | [2]
Nieuport NG & NM (IV.G & IV.M) | 2 | 1913 | Army | monoplane | reconnaissance |
Nihon L7P | 1 | 1942 | Navy | amphibian | transport |
Nippi K8Ni1 | 2 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | primary trainer | [3]
Rikugun Ki-93 | 1 | 1945 | Army | twin-engine | fighter |
Seversky A8V | 20 | 1938 | Navy | monoplane | reconnaissance |
Nakajima/Showa L2D | 487 | 1939 | Navy | twin-engine | transport | license-built Douglas DC-3
Sopwith 1½ Strutter |  | 1915 | Army | biplane | reconnaissance |
Sopwith Pup | 50 | 1919 | Navy | biplane | advanced trainer |
SPAD S.XIII Hei 1 | 100 | 1919 | Army | biplane | fighter |
Tachikawa Ki-9 | 2,618 | 1935 | Army | biplane | intermediate trainer |
Tachikawa Ki-17 | 560 | 1935 | Army | biplane | primary trainer |
Tachikawa Ki-36 | 1,334 | 1938 | Army | single-engine | direct co-operation |
Tachikawa Ki-54 | 1,368 | 1940 | Army | twin engine | crew trainer | also used as transport
Tachikawa Ki-55 | 1,389 | 1939 | Army | monoplane | advanced trainer |
Tachikawa Ki-70 | 3 | 1943 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance |
Tachikawa Ki-74 | 14 | 1944 | Army | twin-engine | reconnaissance bomber |
Tachikawa Ki-77 | 2 | 1942 | Army | twin-engine | transport |
Tachikawa Ki-94-I | 1 | 1945 | Army | push-pull | high-altitude fighter |
Tachikawa Ki-94-II | 1 | 1945 | Army | single-engine | high-altitude fighter |
Tachikawa KKY | 23 | 1935 | Army | biplane | ambulance | funded by private donations[4]
Tachikawa SS-1 | 2 | 1943 | Army | twin engine monoplane | High altitude research |
Tokyo Koku Ki-107 | 29 | 1944 | Army | monoplane | primary trainer |
Watanabe E9W | 35 | 1938 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Watanabe K6W | 3 | 1937 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer | [5]
Watanabe K8W | 3 | 1938 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer |
Yokosuka B4Y | 205 | 1935 | Navy | biplane | carrier torpedo bomber |
Yokosuka D3Y1-K Myojo | 5 | 1945 | Navy | monoplane | bomber trainer | wood D3A
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei | 2,038 | 1940 | Navy | single-engine | carrier dive bomber | some built for reconnaissance
Yokosuka E1Y | 320 | 1926 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Yokosuka E5Y | 20 | 1930 | Navy | floatplane | shipboard reconnaissance |
Yokosuka E6Y | 10 | 1932 | Navy | floatplane | submarine reconnaissance |
Yokosuka E14Y | 126 | 1939 | Navy | floatplane | submarine reconnaissance |
Yokosuka H5Y | 50 | 1936 | Navy | flying boat | maritime reconnaissance |
Yokosuka I-go Ko-gata | 70 | 1920 | Navy | biplane | primary seaplane trainer | [6]
Yokosuka K1Y | 104 | 1925 | Navy | biplane | primary seaplane trainer |
Yokosuka K2Y | 464 | 1929 | Navy | biplane | primary trainer |
Yokosuka K4Y | 211 | 1930 | Navy | biplane | seaplane trainer |
Yokosuka K5Y | 5,770 | 1933 | Navy | biplane | intermediate trainer |
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka | 850 | 1944 | Navy | rocket | assault bomber | Kamikaze
Yokosuka MXY8 Akigusa | 3 | 1945 | Navy | glider | glider trainer |
Yokosuka P1Y Ginga | 1,002 | 1943 | Navy | twin-engine | attack bomber | 97 built as night fighters
Yokosuka R2Y Keiun | 1 | 1945 | Navy | single-engine | reconnaissance |
Yokosuka Ro-go Ko-gata | 218 | 1918 | Navy | floatplane | reconnaissance |

## See also

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* List of aircraft of Japan, World War II

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.88
2. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.201-202/209
3. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.240
4. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.250
5. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.259-260
6. ^ Mikesh, 1990, p.269-270

### Bibliography

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* Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft, 1910–1941. London, UK: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-840-2.

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Central Air
Defense Force|

* 6th Air Wing
* 303rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 7th Air Wing
* 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
* Central Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
* Central Air Defense Missile Group
* 4th Air Defense Missile Group
* Central Air Command Support Squadron
* Central Air Civil Engineering Group
* Central Band
* Iwo Jima Air Base Group

Western Air
Defense Force|

* 5th Air Wing
* 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 8th Air Wing
* 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* Western Air Command Support Squadron
* Western Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
* Western Air Defense Missile Group
* Western Air Civil Engineering Group
* Western Band

Southwestern Air
Defense Force|

* 9th Air Wing
* 204th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* 304th Tactical Fighter Squadron
* Southwestern Air Command Support Flight
* Southwestern Aircraft Control & Warning Wing
* Southwestern Air Defense Missile Group
* Southwestern Air Civil Engineering Group
* Southwestern Band

Air Tactics
Development Wing|

* Tactical Fighter Training Group
* Air Defense Missile Training Group
* Electronic Warfare Operation Group
* Base Defense Development & Training Squadron
* Tactical Air Support Squadron

directly
controlled units|

* Air Rescue Wing
* Airborne Warning and Control Wing
* Air Intelligence Wing
* Operations Support Wing
* Reconnaissance Group

Air Support
Command|

* 1st Tactical Airlift Group
* 401st Tactical Airlift Squadron
* 404th Tactical Airlift Tanker Squadron
* 2nd Tactical Airlift Group
* 402nd Tactical Airlift Squadron
* 3rd Tactical Airlift Group
* 403rd Tactical Airlift Squadron
* 405th Air Refuelling Squadron
* Air Traffic Control Service Group
* Air Weather Service Group
* Flight Check Squadron
* Special Airlift Group
* Aero Medical Evacuation Squadron

Air Training
Command|

* 1st Air Wing
* 31st Training Squadron
* 32nd Training Squadron
* 41st Flight Training Squadron
* 4th Air Wing
* 21st Fighter Training Squadron
* Blue Impulse (11th Squadron)
* 11th Flight Training Wing
* 12th Flight Training Wing
* 13th Flight Training Wing
* Air Basic Training Wing
* Fighter Training Group
* Air Training Aids Group
* Air Officer Candidate School
* Technical Schools
* 1st
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th

Air Development
and Test Command|

* Air Development and Test Wing
* Electronics Development and Test Group
* Aeromedical Laboratory

Air Material
Command|

* Air Depots
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th

units controlled by
the Defense Minister|

* Air Communications and System Wing
* Aero Safety Service Group
* Air Staff College
* Air Police Group
* Central Air Base Group
* Central Band
* Space Operations Group

history & tradition|

* History
* Flag
* Military ranks and insignia

other topics|

* Fighter units
* List of military aircraft of Japan

* Category
* Commons

* Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
* Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

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Imperial Japanese Army Air Service aircraft designations

1-50|

* Ki-1
* Ki-2
* Ki-3
* Ki-4
* Ki-5
* Ki-6
* Ki-7
* Ki-8
* Ki-9
* Ki-10
* Ki-11
* Ki-12
* Ki-13
* Ki-14
* Ki-15
* Ki-16
* Ki-17
* Ki-18
* Ki-19
* Ki-20
* Ki-21
* Ki-22
* Ki-23
* Ki-24
* Ki-25
* Ki-26
* Ki-27
* Ki-28
* Ki-29
* Ki-30
* Ki-31
* Ki-32
* Ki-33
* Ki-34
* Ki-35
* Ki-36
* Ki-37
* Ki-38
* Ki-39
* Ki-40
* Ki-41
* Ki-42
* Ki-43
* Ki-44
* Ki-45
* Ki-46
* Ki-47
* Ki-48
* Ki-49
* Ki-50

51-100|

* Ki-51
* Ki-52
* Ki-53
* Ki-54
* Ki-55
* Ki-56
* Ki-57
* Ki-58
* Ki-59
* Ki-60
* Ki-61
* Ki-62
* Ki-63
* Ki-64
* Ki-66
* Ki-67
* Ki-68
* Ki-69
* Ki-70
* Ki-71
* Ki-72
* Ki-73
* Ki-74
* Ki-75
* Ki-76
* Ki-77
* Ki-78
* Ki-79
* Ki-80
* Ki-81
* Ki-82
* Ki-83
* Ki-84
* Ki-85
* Ki-86
* Ki-87
* Ki-88
* Ki-89
* Ki-90
* Ki-91
* Ki-92
* Ki-93
* Ki-94
* Ki-95
* Ki-96
* Ki-97
* Ki-98
* Ki-99
* Ki-100

100-|

* Ki-101
* Ki-102
* Ki-103
* Ki-105
* Ki-106
* Ki-107
* Ki-108
* Ki-109
* Ki-110
* Ki-111
* Ki-112
* Ki-113
* Ki-114
* Ki-115
* Ki-116
* Ki-117
* Ki-118
* Ki-119
* Ki-147
* Ki-148
* Ki-167
* Ki-174
* Ki-200
* Ki-201
* Ki-202
* Ki-230
* Ki-337

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Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft designations (short system)

Fighters (A)|

* A1N
* A2N
* A3N
* A4N
* A5M
* A6M
* A7He
* A7M
* A8V

* AXB1
* AXD1
* AXG1
* AXH1
* AXHe1
* AXV1

Torpedo bombers (B)|

* B1M
* B2M
* B3N
* B3Y
* B4M
* B4N
* B4Y
* B5M
* B5N
* B6N
* B7A

* BXN1

* C6N1-B2

Shipboard reconnaissance (C)|

* C1M
* C2N
* C3N
* C4A
* C5M
* C6N

* CXP1

* D4Y1-C2
* E4N2-C2

Dive bombers (D)|

* D1A
* D2A
* D2N
* D2Y
* D3A
* D3M
* D3N
* D3Y
* D4Y
* D5Y

* DXD1
* DXHe1

Reconnaissance seaplanes (E)|

* E1Y
* E2N
* E3A
* E4N
* E5K
* E5Y
* E6Y
* E7K
* E8A
* E8K
* E8N
* E9W
* E10A
* E10K
* E11A
* E11K
* E12A
* E12K
* E12N
* E13A
* E13K
* E14W
* E14Y
* E15K
* E16A

Observation seaplanes (F)|

* F1A
* F1M

* J1N1-F2

Land-based bombers (G)|

* G1M (I)
* G1M (II)
* G2H
* G3M
* G4M
* G5N
* G6M
* G7M
* G8N
* G9K
* G10N

Flying Boats (H)|

* H1H
* H2H
* H3H
* H3K
* H4H
* H5Y
* H6K
* H7K
* H8K
* H9A
* H10H
* H11K

* HXC1
* HXD1
* HXP1

Land-based Fighters (J)|

* J1N
* J2M
* J3K
* J4M
* J5M
* J6K
* J7W
* J8M
* J9N3

* N1K1-J/N1K2-J2

Trainers (K)|

* K1Y
* K2Y
* K3M
* K4Y
* K5Y
* K6K
* K6M
* K6W
* K7M
* K8K
* K8Ni
* N8P
* K8W
* K9W
* K10W
* K11W

* KXA1
* KXBu1
* KXC1
* KXJ1
* KXHe1
* KXL1

* A5M4-K2
* A6M2-K2
* B5N1-K2
* D3Y1-K2
* E13A1-K2
* F1M2-K2
* G6M1-K2
* M6A1-K2
* Q1W1-K2

Transports (L)|

* L1N
* L2D
* L3Y
* L4M
* L7P

* LXC1
* LXD1
* LXF1
* LXG (KR-2)1
* LXG (G-21)1
* LXHe1
* LXJ (Ju 60)1
* LXJ (Ju 86)1
* LXK1
* LXM1

* G5N2-L2
* G6M1-L2
* H6K2-L/H6K4-L2
* H8K1-L/H8K2-L/H8K4-L2
* H11K1-L2
* K3M3-L2

Special-purpose (M)1|

* M6A

* MXJ1
* MXY1
* MXY2
* MXY2
* MXY4
* MXY5
* MXY6
* MXY7
* MXY8
* MXY9
* MXY10
* MXY11
* MXZ1

Floatplane fighters (N)|

* N1K

* A6M2-N2

Land-based bombers (P)|

* P1Y
* P2M

Patrol (Q)|

* Q1W
* Q2M
* Q3W

Land-based reconnaissance (R)|

* R1Y
* R2Y

* D4Y2-R2
* J1N1-R2

Night fighters (S)|

* S1A

* C6N1-S2
* D4Y2-S2
* E13A1a-S/E13A1b-S2
* J1N1-S2
* P1Y1-S/P1Y2-S2

1 X as second letter is for experimental aircraft or imported technology demonstrators not intended for service, 2 Hyphenated trailing letter (-J, -K, -L, -N or -S) denotes design modified for secondary role, 3 Possibly incorrect designation, but used in many sources

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World War II Allied reporting names for Japanese aircraft

Aircraft in Japanese service|

* Abdul
* Alf
* Ann
* Babs
* Baka
* Belle
* Betty
* Bob
* Buzzard
* Cedar
* Cherry
* Clara
* Claude
* Cypress
* Dave
* Dick
* Dinah
* Dot
* Edna
* Emily
* Eva
* Eve
* Frances
* Frank
* Gander
* George
* Glen
* Goose
* Grace
* Gwen
* Hamp
* Hank
* Hap
* Helen
* Hickory
* Ida (Ki-36)
* Ida (Ki-55)
* Irving
* Jack
* Jake
* Jane
* Jean
* Jerry
* Jill
* Jim
* Judy
* Kate
* Kate 61
* Laura
* Lily
* Liz
* Lorna
* Loise
* Louise
* Luke
* Mabel
* Mary
* Mavis
* Myrt
* Nate
* Nell
* Nick
* Norm
* Oak
* Oscar
* Pat
* Patsy
* Paul
* Peggy
* Perry
* Pete
* Pine
* Rex
* Rita
* Rob
* Rufe
* Ruth
* Sally
* Sally III
* Sam
* Sandy
* Slim
* Sonia
* Spruce
* Stella
* Steve
* Susie
* Tabby
* Tess
* Thalia
* Thelma
* Theresa
* Thora
* Tina
* Tillie
* Toby
* Tojo
* Tony
* Topsy
* Val
* Willow
* Zeke
* Zeke 32

Foreign aircraft
thought to be in Japanese service|

* Bess (Heinkel He 111)
* Doc (Messerschmitt Bf 110)
* Fred (Focke Wulf Fw 190)
* Irene (Junkers Ju 87)
* Janice (Junkers Ju 88)
* Mike (Messerschmitt Bf 109)
* Millie (Vultee V-11)
* Trixie (Junkers Ju 52)
* Trudy (Focke-Wulf Fw 200)

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Lists of aircraft

By name

* pre-1914
* 0–Ah
* Ai–Am
* An–Az
* B–Be
* Bf–Bo
* Br–Bz
* C–Cc
* Cd–Cn
* Co–Cz
* D
* E
* F
* G–Gn
* Go–Gz
* H
* I
* J
* K
* La–Lh
* Li–Lz
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Gliders
* List of human-powered aircraft
* List of unmanned aerial vehicle

Civil aircraft

By characteristic

| Type|

* Aerobatic
* Bush planes
* Electric aircraft
* Flying wings
* Gliders
* Human-powered
* Prone-pilot
* Rocket-powered
* Flying boats and floatplanes
* STOL
* Supersonic
* Trimotors
* Triplanes
* Unmanned
* VTOL

|

Fuselage|

* Double-deck
* Narrow-body
* Wide-body

* Weight
* Size

* Maximum takeoff weight
* Light aircraft
* very light jets
* Large aircraft

Manufacturer|

* Airbus
* Antonov
* Boeing
* Bombardier
* Douglas / McDonnell Douglas
* Embraer
* Ilyushin
* Tupolev

Engine number|

* Twinjets
* Trijets
* Trimotors
* Four-engined jet aircraft

Range|

* Jet airliners
* Regional airliners

Use|

* Racers
* Regional airliner
* regional jet

Research|

* Early flying machines
* Experimental
* X-planes

Rotor-powered|

* Rotorcraft
* utility
* Tiltrotors

* Executive
* Private

* Business jets
* Light-sport aircraft
* Flying car

Other lists

* By date and usage
* By tail number
* Most-produced

Military aircraft

| Role|

* AEW
* Attack
* Bomber
* Torpedo
* Carrier-based
* Fighter
* Maritime patrol
* Submarine-borne
* Tanker

|

Nation|

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Argentina
* Australia
* Bangladesh
* Belize
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Egypt
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Japan
* Malaysia
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Pakistan
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* United States

Era|

* WWI Entente
* WWI Central Powers
* Interwar
* World War II
* World War II jets

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