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JASDF Fighter Squadron Revives its Retired F-4 Phantoms' Colored Tail Markings on its F-35A
The JASDF's (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) 302nd Squadron (or 302 Hikotai) unveiled an F-35A Lightning II in a unique, vibrant color scheme for the first time at Misawa Air Base, in the country's ...
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US approves additional $39 million JASSM-ER order for JASDF’s aircraft
F-35A and F-35B fleets of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). The Government of Japan has asked to buy up to 16 JASSM-ER. Other items included in the sale include training missiles and ...
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China Freaked: F-35 and F-16 Fighters Just Did a Massive Elephant Walk Close By
"Four U.S. #AirForce F-16 Fighting Falcons, four #Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike ...
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U.S. Approves Japan’s Purchase of More AGM-158 JASSMs in $39 Million Deal
The missiles are meant for the JASDF’s (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) F-15J and F-35A/B aircraft as a long-range air-launched surface-strike weapon, according to the statement. The statement ...
The Aviationist27d
Delivery of the First F-35Bs to Japan Delayed
the F-35B itself will be operated by the JASDF. The service plans to operate up to 105 F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take Off and Landing) and 42 F-35B V/STOVL fighter jets alongside their previous ...
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Delivery of F-35B Lightning II Fighters to Japan Delayed
While the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force has a fleet air wing of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, the JASDF, which already operates the F-35A, will operate the F-35Bs. Japan’s F-35 program is ...
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The implications of the F35A crash on Japanese national security
The JASDF says he told the other pilots before the crash that he was cancelling the mission. The other jets were flying some distance away and didn't see what was happening. The F-35A is equipped ...
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Japan’s F-35A Stealth Fighters to Train with American and Australian Counterparts in Guam
Indo-Pacific Region Prepares for the First-Ever Joint Exercise Involving All Three Nations' Fifth-Generation Fighters.In a ...
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Japanese F-35 fighter crashes while flying over Pacific Ocean
An F-35A fighter with Japan's Air Self Defense Force has gone missing while flying over the Pacific Ocean roughly 84 miles from the Japanese mainland. By Paul Szoldra Posted on Apr 9, 2019 An F ...
Pacific Daily News4d
Cope North 2025 military exercises kick off
Residents should expect aircraft from around the world to be ripping around the region for the next few weeks, as Cope North ...
The Diplomat5y
F-35A gone missing
The U.S. Navy has officially ended its search for a missing Japanese F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed last month. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirmed that a missing F-35A ...
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Japan F-35A crash
The U.S. Navy has officially ended its search for a missing Japanese F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter that crashed last month. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirmed that a missing F-35A ...