Japan Aims To Launch F-3 Development In 2016-17 By Bradley Perrett Source: Aviation Week & Space Technology October 22, 2012 Sometime around 2030, if U.S. Air Force plans come to pass, a fighter that leaps ahead of Lockheed Martin F-22 and F-35 technology will enter U.S. service. At about the same time, if Japan's plans come to pass, a similarly advanced fighter will enter ser..