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Even though Japan is making the transition to the F-35, the F-2s are still valuable; their anti-ship capabilities are truly ...
Take an in-depth look at the Japanese Air Force in 2025—where tradition meets cutting-edge technology. From the latest F-35 ...
Japan has received its first three F-35B stealth fighter jets at an air base in the south. This move aims to strengthen ...
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Japan Just Received Its First F-35B Fighters

While training with the F-35s is being carried out on land, the aircraft will eventually be transferred to the Japan Maritime ...
After years of development, testing, and using an American-made aircraft, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force had its own strike ...
An F-15E Strike Eagle that took off from Diego Garcia on Monday discovered mid-flight that one of its wheels was missing.
Japan's Defense Ministry said a Chinese JH-7 fighter-bomber flew as close to 30 meters (98 feet) to a YS-11EB electronic-intelligence aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on Wednesday and ...
TOKYO and KOMATSU, Japan—The Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) in April received its first set of Lockheed Martin F-35A fighters equipped with Technical Refresh 3 (TR-3) upgrades.
Japan’s V-22B Osprey squadron was transferred last week to the country’s Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Saga on the main ...
(Leon Redfern/U.S. Air Force) The 35th Fighter Wing on Friday denied reports that an Air Force fighter jet’s precautionary landing disrupted a commercial flight in northeastern Japan days earlier.
The F-35B is the second from the carrier HMS Prince of Wales to make a high-profile diversion to an airport during its ...