Description
This is a Japanese-language book or magazine about aircraft and/or aircraft modeling. Some Japanese aircraft books, such as the Aero Detail series contain complete English text as well. See the product description below for details.
This is a special issue on the Blue Impulse, the pride of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's acrobatic team.
The 2023 season has started with the addition of a new member to the "Dolphin Rider" team of pilots.
The issue also features an interview with a master and apprentice who have been taught by a master and apprentice, an introduction to the work of the "Dolphin Keepers," the maintenance staff, and other information on the latest Blue.
Appendixes include various Blue logos, including this year's tour patch, and a sticker sheet with the KAIJI "White Arrows" logo.
CONTENTS
5
Guardian Lightning II" training exercise by the Royal Netherlands Air Force
F-35A in Eastern NATO
8
FEATURE FEATURE
A Close Look at the Changes and Challenges of the New Season
Blue Impulse 2023
10 Gallery of Famous Blue Impulse Scenes
18 Highlights of this season
20 Squadron Leader's Enthusiasm for the Season
22 Dolphin Rider
24 Dolphin Keeper
26 Discussion between Pilot #3 and Pilot Disciple
29 Behind the Scenes of Remote Display
32 Pilots' Difficulties
36 Rewarding as a chief engineer
38 Maintenance Points of the Blue Impulse
Hot-blooded! Air Festival Report
42
U.S. Marine Corps/ Maritime Self-Defense Force Iwakuni Air Base Friendship Day 2023
46
U.S. Air Force Kadena Air Base America Fest 2023
50
U.S. Navy/ Maritime Self Defense Force Atsugi Air Base Japan-U.S. Friendship Spring Festival
53
GSDF Funaoka Camp 64th Anniversary Commemorative Event
54
JMSDF Kanoya Air Base Air Memorial in Kanoya 2023
56
Aerial photo! AH-64D, the southwestern defender
66
Rescue Japanese nationals from the unrest in Sudan!
Sortie of the Joint Task Force for the Transport of Japanese Nationals in Sudan
Serialization
64
World Wide Wings
68
Let's take pictures!
70
Go for it! Female Self-Defense Force Officers
#220 Sasebo Training Unit, Self-Defense Forces, Venue
Yuko Kikuchi, Petty Officer 3rd Class
72
I want to meet this airplane!
No.19 "Two Maltese Spotters I Met in Tunisia
73
Readers' Flying Plane Page FEVER!
81
I found it! This photo
82
The Imperial Patches
The 67th "Patches related to the 31st Air Group of the Maritime Self-Defense Force"
83
Wings of Nostalgia
Messerschmitt Bf109 Fighter
84
Hot Blood! Air Festival Report & Forecast
86
Let's Go, NEWS Man!
92
Okite of the skies
No. 7 "The Hainan Island Incident (Part 3)," a mid-air collision between U.S. and Chinese military planes
98
Ukraine Defense Battle April
April
F-35 Monthly
April 98
Boo-chan instructor's air combat class
4th period
You must know that hitting a gun (machine gun) is a world of craftsmanship!
102
Real Voices of Military Personnel
The 7th "Flight school that still teaches how to fly the P-51 Mustang, the great warplane"
104
Military Airfields Around the World on Satellite Photographs
Vol. 31 "Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore Air Force
106
Monologue of My Youth
Vol.54 Changes in Photographic Equipment, Part 1
108
Unfinished Planned Aircraft
No.223 "Development of the Tupolev Tu-4
112
Conditions for a masterpiece aircraft
No.81 "Kawanishi Type 94 Water Reconnaissance Aircraft [E7K]
114
Aircraft Plastic Model Evaluation Team
118
Scrap Information Bureau
119
VMBT-162 Hobby hunter
120
Readers' page created by readers SOLATOBIMACHI
128
This Month's Present
128
Next Issue Announcement
J-Wing July 2023
Size: A4 size
Number of pages: 128