My first in a series of planes from the anime "Yukikaze".

Background: The most common FAF fighter, it can handle air to air and air to ground fighting with ease. It's rapidly becoming obsolete though, and will be replaced by the FA-2 Fand II in due time. It still has handling that far outmatches any conventional aircraft though. It's fitted with a standard anti-air loadout of mixed missiles and a gun mounted in the port wing root.

Pilots Notes:
1.This aircraft will NOT tolerate clumsiness, especially at speeds above mach 1.8. Be gentle, and push the limits gradually. Smooth pilots are rewarded with a machine that laughs in the face of conventional guided missiles.
2. This aircraft is also MASSIVELY overpowered, to try and get it as close to the mach 2.1 official top speed. Taking off and flying on 5% throttle is completely feasable, and the aircraft is actually nicer to fly at lower speeds.
3. VTOL controls the chin rudder, stow it for takeoff and landing for authenticity and cool points.
4. Activation group 1 activates the thrust vectoring system. This helps with control response at low speed, but isnt advised above 800mph.
5. Trim is there for a reason, use it to balance the aircraft on takeoff.

This took a lot of work to get close to official weights and dimensions, but I'm really happy with how it turned out! Let me know what you think in the comments section.