With Japan’s Adoption of the F-4EJ in 1968, the Aircraft would become a mainstay of the island-nation’s defense strategy for years until the procurement of the F-15J and F-2A, rapidly moving the airframe from a front-role fighter to a mixed-use fighter-bomber, and reconnaissance aircraft.
Following the opening of the portal in Tokyo in 2016, the Japanese Self Defense Force would establish a long-term operational presence on the other side of the ‘Gate’. Using the older Cold-War era F-4 Phantoms, the JSDF Force on the other side was able to quickly establish air dominance in the region against the inferior indigenous airborne forces. The Phantoms assigned to the Region found some notoriety during an operation to slay a Flame-Dragon that had been harassing JSDF Forces in the region, as well as precision strikes against ‘Imperial’ forces in the region.
The Aircraft were abandoned in the Special Region following the evacuation of JSDF Personnel and closing of the Gate in 2017.
