In some bog standard British weather, 946 arrives for the first time onto UK soil which marks Japan's first fighter deployment to Europe in an attempt to strengthen NATO defence ties.

Two F15J on the ramp at RAF Coningsby , the first Japanese fighters to land in mainland Europe for at least 80 years probably ever (discounting captured WWII airframes) They had flown from Japan via Alaska and Canada and are onwards to Germany in a few days before returning home via the same route