In a world of increasingly homogeneous-looking military aircraft designs, the platypus-like Kawasaki EC-2 is a radical ...

Three Lockheed Martin’s F-35Bs arrived Aug. 7, 2025, at Nyutabaru Air Base on the main island of Kyushu, Japan. Japan Air Self-Defense Force photo Japan received its first three F-35B Lightning II ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing lands at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May ...

The contract for these additional missiles to equip its F-15J, F-35A and F-35B fighter jets follows its earlier request for 50 missiles in March 2024. The US State Department has approved the sale of ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has conducted its first “hot-pit” refuelling with the Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter, as it works towards increased interoperability with allied forces. The ...

Japan's Air Force, or the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has a hangar of formidable aircraft at its disposal. Its main fighter aircraft is the F-15J, an American F-15 Eagle that's been ...

If you're of a certain age, you can't help but draw parallels between the real world and our favorite anime. It helps when you're talking about a jet fighter developed by the Americans before the ...

Twelve Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters of the JASDF's 302nd Squadron participate in an elephant walk with various US fighter and support aircraft at Misawa Air Base in Japan ...

A JASDF F-15 Eagle multirole fighter. A JASDF F-15DJ twin-seat conversion trainer aircraft crashed at sea on 31 Janaury 2022. (US Air Force) A Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF's) ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Japan’s Eagles remain busy intercepting intruding Russian and Chinese aircraft. Japan has the largest fleet of F-15 Eagle fighters outside of the United States. The ...

With around 3,300 fighters, bombers and other aircraft, the Chinese air force has more than twice as many planes as the Japanese air force does. Beijing has seized on that advantage—deploying fighters ...

Nov. 30—IRUMA AIR BASE, Japan — Japan's iconic F-4EJ "Samurai" Phantom II supersonic fighter jet was sent off in style Saturday during a Japan Air Self-Defense Force review near Tokyo. One of Japan's ...