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The current Blue Impulse team originated on October 19, 1958, when three F-86F aircraft performed aerobatic maneuvers at an air show held at Hamamatsu North Air Base .
On April 16, 1960, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force established the Air Maneuver Research Group at the 1st Air Wing of Hamamatsu Air Base, creating an aerobatic team using F-86F Sabre aircraft under the name Tenryu.
This team, which used the F-86F, later changed its name to Blue Impulse, using its call sign Impulse Blue, and became world-famous for drawing the Olympic rings and the EXPO '70 logo in the air.

After performing numerous aerobatic displays throughout Japan, the Blue Impulse team switched from the aging F-86F to the domestically produced T-2 jet trainer in the 1982 season . The T-2's speedy aerobatic maneuvers captivated many fans. The Blue Impulse team, which had used the F-86F and T-2, switched to the latest domestically produced T-4 jet trainer in the 1996 season and continues to use it to this day.