F-4EJ Kai Phantom II
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Description
The F-4EJ Kai Phantom II is a rank VIII Japanese jet fighter with a battle rating of 12.0 (AB) and 12.3 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update "Direct Hit".
The Japanese retrofit of F-4EJ by early 1980s to enhance its combat capabilities and currently sitting at the end of the tech-tree; EJ Kai introduced one of the earliest PD radar in game, revised avionics, as well as boosting new varieties of A2A weapon, making it a formidable interceptor to be dealt-with.
General info
Flight performance
| Characteristics | Max Speed (km/h at 12,192 m) |
Max altitude (metres) |
Turn time (seconds) |
Rate of climb (metres/second) |
Take-off run (metres) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | RB | AB | RB | AB | RB | |||
| Stock | 2,255 | 2,221 | 16000 | 26.5 | 27.4 | 141.6 | 131.6 | 850 |
| Upgraded | 2,419 | 2,340 | 25.6 | 26.0 | 204.3 | 172.0 | ||
Details
| Features | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat flaps | Take-off flaps | Landing flaps | Air brakes | Arrestor gear | Drogue chute |
| X | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Limits | ||||||
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| Wings (km/h) | Gear (km/h) | Flaps (km/h) | Max Static G | |||
| Combat | Take-off | Landing | + | - | ||
| 1458 | 463 | N/A | 580 | 463 | ~11 | ~4 |
| Optimal velocities (km/h) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ailerons | Rudder | Elevators | Radiator |
| < 810 | < 750 | < 700 | N/A |
Engine performance
| Engine | Aircraft mass | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine name | Number | Basic mass | Wing loading (full fuel) | |||
| General Electric J79-GE-17 | 2 | 13,965 kg | 403 kg/m2 | |||
| Engine characteristics | Mass with fuel (no weapons load) | Max Takeoff Weight | ||||
| Weight (each) | Type | 9m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | ||
| 1,750 kg | Afterburning axial-flow turbojet | 15,724 kg | 17,787 kg | 19,829 kg | 24,000 kg | |
| Maximum engine thrust @ 0 m (RB/SB) | Thrust to weight ratio @ 0 m (WEP) | |||||
| Condition | 100% | WEP | 9m fuel | 20m fuel | 30m fuel | MTOW |
| Stationary | 5,200 kgf | 8,008 kgf | 1.02 | 0.90 | 0.81 | 0.67 |
| Optimal | 5,200 kgf (0 km/h) |
10,170 kgf (1,400 km/h) |
1.29 | 1.14 | 1.03 | 0.85 |
Survivability and armour
- 8.5 mm of Steel below the cockpit.
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
| Ballistic Computer | |||
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| CCIP (Guns) | CCIP (Rockets) | CCIP (Bombs) | CCRP (Bombs) |
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Offensive armament
The F-4EJ Kai Phantom II is armed with:
- A choice between two presets:
- 1 x 20 mm JM61A1 cannon, belly-mounted (640 rpg)
- 1 x 20 mm JM61A1 cannon + 90 x countermeasures
Suspended armament
The F-4EJ Kai Phantom II can be outfitted with the following ordnance presets:
- Without load
- 2 x AIM-9P Sidewinder missiles
- 4 x AIM-9P Sidewinder missiles
- 4 x AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles
- 4 x AIM-7E Sparrow missiles
- 4 x AIM-7F Sparrow missiles
- 3 x 20 mm GAU-4 cannons (1,200 rpg = 3,600 total)
- 24 x 500 lb LDGP Mk 82 bombs (12,000 lb total)
- 17 x 750 lb M117 cone 45 bombs (12,750 lb total)
- 285 x FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets
- 60 x Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets
Custom loadout options
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 mm GAU-4 cannons (1,200 rpg) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 500 lb LDGP Mk 82 bombs | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||
| 750 lb M117 cone 45 bombs | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| FFAR Mighty Mouse rockets | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | |||||||
| Zuni Mk32 Mod 0 ATAP rockets | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| AIM-7E Sparrow missiles | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | ||||||||
| AIM-7F Sparrow missiles | 1* | 1* | 1* | 1* | ||||||||
| AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| AIM-9P Sidewinder missiles | 1, 2 | 1, 2 | ||||||||||
| Maximum permissible loadout weight: 7,257 kg Maximum permissible weight imbalance: 1,500 kg | ||||||||||||
| * AIM-7E and AIM-7F Sparrow missiles cannot be mixed, only one type may be equipped across hardpoints | ||||||||||||
Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Eased up modifications over the F-4EJ
- Comes with 2 x AIM-9Ps stock instead of 2 x AIM-9Bs
- 4 x AIM-9Ps is a tier I mod without the need of AIM-9Es
- A wide range of suspended armaments, suitable for any playstyle
- Powerful AIM-7F SARH missiles
- Top-of-the-line AIM-9L missiles, having excellent manoeuvrability of 30G, long range, great all-aspect tracking, and being somewhat flare resistant
- Deadly frontal armament with high burst mass
- Makes use of a ballistic computer for assisting in the aim of cannons, rockets, and bombs against ground targets
- Large reserve of countermeasures
- AN/APG-66 radar - has diverse scan and tracking modes, very high resistance to notching and chaff, very long range
Cons:
- Limited ammunition in the frontally-mounted cannon
- Lacks guided ordnance, limiting ground attack ability
- Terrible manoeuvrability along with mediocre acceleration and top speed, particularly compared to common opponents
- Doesn't have an Agile Eagle package like the F-4E and F-4F to increase manoeuvrability
History
After the introduction of Mitsubishi F-4EJ since 1968 and built the very last Phantom series in 1981 (140th of MHI, 17-8440), the EJ has been one of the cornerstone of JASDF along with F-104J and then later F-15J/DJ; but being a jet from mid-1960s with inferior avionics and armaments to the latest Soviet jets also meant an extensive upgrade for the fleet of EJs. The plans for upgrading the 90 MHI-built F-4EJs which were still airworthy started in 1981 and the first retrofitted jet (07-8431) took into the skies by July 1984 and joined JASDF in December; upgrades include:
- Installation of J/AYK-1 guidance system for AShM and unguided bombs
- Replacing AN/APQ-120 to the latest AN/APG-66J with pulse-doppler capabilities; J/AVQ-3 radar display and guidance system for SARH AAM
- New J/ASN-4 digital INS navigation system
- New Kaiser Electronics HUD
- J/APR-6 RWR, AN/APX-76A IFF and AN/ALQ-131 countermeasures
- HOTAS controls
- Lightning rods by the radome
- New fuel tanks
These features passed for the budgets of FY1987 and the upgrades for these jets finished by 1990; by the time when F-15J/DJ and F-2 joined JASDF in larger quantities, F-4EJs (including the recon variant, RF-4EJ) started to retire from JASDF and by March 2020, most of these jets retired from JASDF and on 17 March, 2021, the very last 3 F-4EJ (Kai)s of JASDF (17-8301[4038], 47-8336 [M036] and 07-8431[M131]) from the Air Development and Test Wing (ADTW) in Gifu Airbase, Nagoya, bidding farewell of Phantoms in JASDF service. [1]
Sidenote: 07-8431 (EJ Kai) and 17-8301 (EJ; the very first EJ of JASDF) were also used for the sampling of the in-game representation of this jet as the devs and DMM announced for a trip to Gifu before their ultimate decommission.[1]
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See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Family)
- SAAB J35D Draken
- Dassault Mirage IIIC
External links
| Japan jet aircraft | |
|---|---|
| IJNAS | |
| Experimental | Kikka |
| Reconnaissance | R2Y2 Kai V1 · R2Y2 Kai V2 · R2Y2 Kai V3 |
| IJAAS | |
| Fighters | Ki-200 |
| JASDF | |
| Fighters | F-86F-30 ▅ · F-86F-40 ▅ · F-86F-40 JASDF▅ |
| F-104J | |
| F-4EJ Phantom II · F-4EJ ADTW · F-4EJ Kai Phantom II | |
| F-15J · F-15J(M) | |
| F-16AJ | |
| F-1 | |
| Trainers | T-2 Early · T-2 |
| Foreign | |
| Thailand | ▄AV-8S · ▄F-5E FCU |
