The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled during a ceremony at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly and Check...
The first Japanese-assembled F-35A was unveiled during a ceremony at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility in Nagoya, Japan today.
The Komaki South FACO facility is operated by MHI with technical assistance from Lockheed Martin and oversight from the U.S. Government.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense competitively selected the F-35A as the JASDF’s next-generation air defense fighter in December 2011, with a Foreign Military Sales program of record of 42 F-35As.
The first four JASDF F-35As were previously delivered from the Fort Worth, Texas, production facility. Subsequent deliveries of 38 F-35A aircraft will come from the FACO here in Japan.
More than 220 operational F-35s have been built and delivered worldwide, and they have collectively flown more than 93,000 flight hours.
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Defense selected the Nagoya FACO in 2014 for the North Asia-Pacific regional heavy airframe Maintenance Repair Overhaul & Upgrade (MROU) facility.
