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The Nakajima Type 4 Hayate (Frank) was another in the line of very succesful fighters including the Type 97 (Ki-27 (Nate), the Ki-43 Hayabusa (Oscar) and Ki-44 Shoki (Tojo) that were produced by Nakajima for the Japanese Army Air Force. The Hayate, powered by 2000hp Ha-45 engine, boasted exellent speed, maneuverability, firepower and defensive armor. Afther approval of the prototype at the end of March 1944, the aircraft was offically declared '' The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Fighter '', immediately put into heavy production and sent into all theaters of combat in the Far East, including china the Philippines, Okinawa and the defense of Japanse Islands. It was reported that the Hayate was so succesful that it was able to seize temporary air superiority over China facing mainly P-40 and P-51 opposition. Afther thwe war, the Hayate was brought to the United States for testing and study, where it evaluated was to be '' the best Japanese fighter aircrat of the war ''. The Hayate was the third most produced Japanese fighter of the war, afther the Zero and the Hayabusa, wit a total of approximately 3,500 aircraft produced.

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