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The Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (飛燕 flying swallow) was a Japanese World War II fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The first encounter reports claimed Ki-61s were Messerschmitt Bf 109s: further reports claimed that the new aircraft was an Italian design which led to the Allied reporting name of Tony assigned by the United States War Department. The Japanese Army designation was Army Type 3 Fighter (三式戦闘機).
