c/n 7.
Operated by VX-51 (51 Kokutai) Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
This indigenous Maritime Patrol type was making it's first international appearance. This example was in the static, while a second was in the flying display. This was the first that any aircraft from the JMSDF had visited a UK Airshow.
2015 Royal International Air Tattoo,
RAF Fairford, UK.