Tag: Japan Air Self Defense Force
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Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, General David Berger, has stated that Marine Corps F-35Bs will be embarked on an Izumo-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force… Continue reading "USMC F-35Bs To Operate Off Japanese Helicopter Destroyers By November"
3 years ago
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Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday that it was scrapping plans to outfit upgraded Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-15Js with Lockheed Martin’s AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM), in a… Continue reading "LRASMs Dropped From F-15 Japan Super Interceptor Upgrade List"
3 years ago
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The Royal Air Force’s Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, announced that the United Kingdom and Japan had committed to “ground breaking collaboration” on their… Continue reading "UK & Japan To Collaborate On Tempest, F-X Propulsion Systems"
3 years ago
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Japanese media is reporting that the government of Japan has decided to base the F-35Bs ordered by the Japan Air Self-Defence Force at Nyutabaru Air Base, in Miyazaki Prefecture on… Continue reading "Nyutabaru Air Base To Host JASDF “Trump Card” F-35Bs"
4 years ago
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Despite its role in Japanese aviation history as the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s first F-4EJ Phantom II and among the last of them, no museums or private collectors have… Continue reading "An Uncertain Fate For Japan’s First Phantom"
4 years ago
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The three final flying F-4EJ Phantoms of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s Air Development and Test Wing made their final flights this morning. F-4EJ 17-8301, the first Phantom delivered to… Continue reading "Japan’s Last F-4 Phantom IIs Retire, Ending 50 Years of Service"
4 years ago
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The Japanese Ministry of Defense has begun carrying out research into development of unmanned combat aircraft that will serve as a complement to the F-X fighter currently in development. Nikkei… Continue reading "Japan Commences Development Program For Fighter Loyal Wingmen"
4 years ago
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force announced today that the 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron has officially moved to Misawa Air Base, adopting the F-35A as its new aircraft. The 301st is… Continue reading "The JASDF 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron Adopts The F-35A"
4 years ago
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The last F-4 Phantom ever made, F-4EJ Kai 17-8440, better known as “440” or “Shishimaru” to planespotters, flew for the final time on Tuesday, departing Hyakuri Air Base for Hamamatsu… Continue reading "The Final Phantom’s Final Flight"
4 years ago
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The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force’s 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron held a send-off event today for the squadron’s F-4EJ Kai Phantom IIs, commemorating the end of 48 years of service with… Continue reading "Send-off For the JASDF 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron’s Phantom IIs"
4 years ago
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