The EC-1 was reconfigured from the 21st delivered C-1, 78-1021, by Kawasaki in the time period between 1983 and 1984. The EC-1 at Iruma Air Base back in 2011. (Image credit: Toshiro Aoki) ...

The JASDF transport aircraft at work at Iruma Air Base. Developed beginning in 1966 with production started in 1971, the Kawasaki C-1 is a twin-engined short-range military transport aircraft in ...

The Kawasaki C-1 was developed in the late 1960s to meet the transport needs of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Designed for short-runway operations and to transport cargo and troops on domestic ...

Kawasaki got to work on the C-1 as soon as it had the contract with the first C-1 taking flight in 1970. The C-1 closely resembled the Lockheed Martin C-141 Starlifter, except the Starlifter could ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries flew the XP-1 maritime patrol aircraft for the first time on 28 September. The four-jet aircraft, formerly called the P-X, made the hour-long flight from Gifu airbase in ...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has begun taxi tests of the C-X military transport and P-X maritime patrol aircraft, which were rolled out in a joint ceremony in July. The four-engined P-X is expected ...