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Blue Impulse
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<p>Blue Impulse (ブルーインパルス, <i>Burū Inparusu</i>) (currently 11 Squadron 4th Air Wing, previously 21 Squadron 4th Air Wing) is the <a href="/facts/Aerobatic/fo13tSeT">aerobatic</a> demonstration team of the <a href="/facts/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force/dbwdrwzf">Japan Air Self-Defense Force</a> (JASDF). The team was founded in 1960 as a team of six <a href="/facts/F-86_Sabre/U2RSfjqu">F-86 Sabres</a>. They changed mounts to the <a href="/facts/Mitsubishi_T-2/oxo37Fbk">Mitsubishi T-2</a> in 1980 and then to the <a href="/facts/Kawasaki_T-4/6CLIoL7G">Kawasaki T-4</a> in 1995. They are based at <a href="/facts/Matsushima_Air_Base/CvgA4wLW">Matsushima Air Base</a>, which was heavily damaged by the <a href="/facts/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami/pyIXeVlS">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a>. </p>