As deliveries continue, the JASDF has now started training operations with the F-35B Lightning II at Nyutabaru Air Base. The JASDF (Japan Air-Self Defense Force) officially began its training ...

An urgent search is underway for two crew members reported missing after a Japanese air force training aircraft crashed following takeoff. The T-4 training jet, belonging to the Japan Air Self-Defense ...

Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Kyodo News via ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move to fortify defenses as tensions in the region grow. The new ...

4 Key Points - Japan is accelerating its military modernization in the face of an "unprecedented" threat from China, with the first of its new F-35B "jump jets" arriving this week. -These advanced ...

Japan is going all-in on the F-35, expanding its order to 147 jets and becoming the largest Lightning II operator after the United States. -Tokyo will field 105 F-35As and 42 F-35Bs, with the STOVL ...

TOKYO — Japan grounded most of its aging military training aircraft on Wednesday after one of the planes crashed minutes after take off. Two crew are missing after the T-4 training aircraft operated ...