日本小松空军基地，对抗北方 86-4 美日联合空战演习中，日本航空自卫队一架 FS-T2 战斗/教练机在滑行。该演习基于《日美防卫合作指针》始于1978年, 演习旨在提高战备水平、合作程度和共同应对外部威胁的能力。（An F-1 aircraft from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force leads a pair of Japanese F-4EJ Phantom II aircraft down the flight line during Exercise COPE NORTH '86-4. US Air Force squadrons are engaging in dissimilar air combat training with Japan Air Self-Defense Force squadrons during the exercise.）