This aircraft is a close-up of the nose of aircraft No. 384, which participated in the 1995 JASDF Combat Skills Competition. At that time, JASDF F4EJs were in the process of changing their surface paint job from the official Gull Gray paint job to the official New Air Superiority Camo paint job. This aircraft, No. 384, has a bluish-gray overspray applied over the standard Gull Gray paint job to resemble the official New Air Superiority Camo paint job. The air intake splitter vane of this aircraft bears a kill mark for an actual shootdown of a UF104J based at Gifu Air Base.

These aircraft participated in the 1994 JASDF Combat Skills Competition. Around this time, JASDF F4EJs were in the process of changing their surface paint job from the official Gull Gray paint job to the official New Air Superiority Camo paint job. Aircraft No. 384 had a bluish-gray overspray applied over the standard Gull Gray paint job to resemble the new Air Superiority Camo paint job. The aircraft in the foreground is painted in the new Air Superiority Camo paint job. This photo allows you to compare the two paint jobs.

This aircraft is a close-up of the nose of aircraft No. 384, which participated in the 1994 JASDF Combat Skills Competition. At that time, JASDF F4EJs were in the process of changing their surface paint job from the official Gull Gray paint job to the official New Air Superiority Camo paint job. This aircraft, No. 384, has a bluish-gray overspray applied over the standard Gull Gray paint job to resemble the official New Air Superiority Camo paint job.

This aircraft was painted to compete in the 1994 JASDF combat competition. At that time, the JASDF's F4EJs were undergoing a change of paint scheme from their official gull gray to the new air superiority camouflage. This aircraft's standard gull gray paintwork was overlaid with a bluish-gray overlay to resemble the new air superiority camouflage.

Prior to the 1995 JASDF Combat Skills Competition, the F4EJ Kai aircraft belonging to the 301st Squadron at Nyutabau Air Base were painted to boost morale. The air intake splitter vane of this No. 384 aircraft bears the scorpion mark that shot down the UF104J.