JASDF 航空自衛隊 TOMCAT FIGHTER F-14 USN VF-154 INSIGNIA PATCH: Last Time Baby Sunset

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JASDF 航空自衛隊 TOMCAT FIGHTER F-14 USN VF-154 INSIGNIA PATCH: Last Time Baby Sunset
This is a very special JASDF 航空自衛隊 TOMCAT FIGHTER F-14 USN VF-154 INSIGNIA PATCH: Last Time Baby Sunset PATCH, you will receive One (1) F-14 TOMCAT PATCH as shown in the first photo.  You will receive the item as shown in the first photo. Please note that there are color variations due to different settings on different PCs and different Monitors. The color shown on your screen is most likely not the true color.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces (自衛隊 Jieitai), JSDF, also referred to as the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), Japan Defense Forces (JDF), or the Japanese armed forces, are the unified military forces of Japan that were established in 1954, and are controlled by the Ministry of Defense. The JSDF ranked as the world's fourth most-powerful military in conventional capabilities in a Credit Suisse report in 2015 and it has the world's eighth-largest military budget. In recent years they have been engaged in international peacekeeping operations including UN peacekeeping. Recent tensions, particularly with North Korea, have reignited the debate over the status of the JSDF and its relation to Japanese society. New military guidelines, announced in December 2010, will direct the JSDF away from its Cold War focus on the former Soviet Union (now Russia) to a focus on China, especially regarding the territorial dispute over the Senkaku Islands, while increasing cooperation with the United States (USFJ), United Kingdom, India, South Korea and Australia. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (航空自衛隊 Kōkū Jieitai), JASDF, also referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and for other aerospace operations.[4] The JASDF carries out combat air patrols around Japan, while also maintaining a network of ground and air early-warning radar systems. The branch also has an aerobatic team known as Blue Impulse and has provided air transport in UN peacekeeping missions. The JASDF had an estimated 50,324 personnel as of 2013, and as of 2013 operated 777 aircraft, approximately 373 of them fighter aircraft. The JASDF maintains an integrated network of radar installations and air defense direction centers throughout the country known as the Basic Air Defense Ground Environment. In the late 1980s, the system was modernized and augmented with E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft. The nation relies on fighter-interceptor aircraft and surface-to-air missiles to intercept hostile aircraft. Both of these systems were improved from the beginning of the late 1980s. Outmoded aircraft were replaced in the early 1990s with more sophisticated models, and Nike-J missiles have been replaced with the modern Patriot PAC-2 and PAC-3 system. The JASDF also provides air support for ground and sea operations of the JGSDF and the JMSDF and air defense for bases of all the forces. Base defenses were upgraded in the late 1980s with new surface-to-air missiles, modern antiaircraft artillery and new fixed and mobile aircraft shelters.This patch was from the '80s, since the JASDF did not have the F-14 in their arsenal, this item was from a USN unit stationed in Japan,
Squadron VF-154
Black Knights
at ATSUGI, Japan. NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (NNS) -- The roar of the mighty F-14 Tomcat was heard for the last time in Japan, Sept. 24, 2003, as the "Black Knights" of Fighter Squadron (VF) 154 departed their forward-deployed base at Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi en route to Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, Calif., where the squadron will be relocated.  The aviators and aircrew for the squadron will transition to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, and be redesignated VFA-154. They will become part of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9, and will embark aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program following the collapse of the F-111B project. The F-14 was the first of the American teen-series fighters, which were designed incorporating the experience of air combat against MiG fighters during the Vietnam War. The F-14 first flew in December 1970 and made its first deployment in 1974 with the U.S. Navy aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65), replacing the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The F-14 served as the U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform. In the 1990s, it added the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod system and began performing precision ground-attack missions. The Tomcat was retired from the U.S. Navy's active fleet on 22 September 2006, having been supplanted by the Boeing F/A-18E and F Super Hornets. The F-14 remains in service with the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, having been exported to Iran in 1976, when the U.S. had amicable diplomatic relations with Iran.
General Characteristics:
Overall Length:
62 feet 9 inches (18.9 meters)
Wingspan:
64 feet (19 meters) unswept; 38 feet (11.4 meters) swept
Height:
16 feet (4.8 meters)
Weight:
43,600 lb (19,777 kg) (F-14B)
Speed:
Mach 2+
Ceiling:
50,000+ feet
Range:
1600 nm
Power Plants:
F-14A: (2) TF30-414A Afterburning Turbofans with over 40,000 lb Total Thrust,
F-14B/D: (2) F110-GE400 Afterburning Turbofans with over 54,000 lb Total Thrust.
Sensors:
Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) LANTIRN Targeting System
Armament:
Up to 13,000 pounds to include four Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) [F-14D], AIM-54 Phoenix missile, AIM 7 Sparrow missile, AIM 9 Sidewinder missile , air-to-ground precision strike ordnance, and one M61A1/A2 Vulcan 20mm cannon.
Crew:
Two (pilot and radar intercept officer)
Contractor:
Northrop Grumman
Date Deployed:
First flight: December 1970
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