. "Challenge for the Creation." . "Blue Impulse"@en . "100px" . . . . "Aerobatic maneuver" . "Blue"@en . "11th Squardron 4th Air Wing"@en . "0012Z"^^ . "White"@en . . . "0012Z"^^ . "Blue Impulse (\u30D6\u30EB\u30FC\u30A4\u30F3\u30D1\u30EB\u30B9, Bur\u016B Inparusu), or 11 Squadron, is the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Originally founded in 1960 as a team of six F-86 Sabres, the team switched to the Mitsubishi T-2 in 1980 and then to the Kawasaki T-4 in 1995. They are based at Matsushima Air Base, which was heavily damaged by a tsunami on March 11, 2011."@en . .