Stealth fighter makes first vertical landing aboard modified Japanese warship
A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to taking its own advanced stealth fighters to sea.
A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast
Photos show a US F-35B operating on Japan's newly converted destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier off the Californian coast.
F-35B stealth jet makes historic landing on Japanese warship
By bno - Tokyo Office In a significant advancement for Japan's naval capabilities, a US military F-35B stealth fighter jet successfully landed on the Japanese destroyer Kaga off the coast of San Diego on October 20.
Japan's maritime force makes history with F-35B carrier landing
Japan has remained in a formal state of war with Russia for years due to the dispute over the Kuril Islands. The Kaijō Jieitai, or Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, celebrated the first landing of an F-35B on the deck of the JS Kaga during sea trials off the coast of San Diego.
Japan's first aircraft carrier since WWII makes landmark F-35B landing
Due to the ongoing dispute over the Kuril Islands, Japan has been in a formal state of tension with Russia for years. The Kaijō Jieitai, or the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, recently showcased the first landing of an F-35B on the deck of the JS Kaga during sea trials near San Diego.
U.S. Navy F-35 Fighter Jet Just Landed on a Japanese 'Aircraft Carrier'
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) reached a milestone in its aircraft carrier capabilities as a U.S. Navy F-35B Lightning II conducted its first landing on the JS Kaga (DDH-184). -The Kaga,
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Japan Puts a Knife in Putin's Back with First Aircraft Carrier Since WWII
Japan has taken a significant step in bolstering its military power with the launch of its first aircraft carrier since World ...
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Japan Sent Its 'Aircraft Carrier' Armed with F-35 to America for War Training
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) arrived in San Diego shrouded in dense fog, ...
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F-35B Lands on Japan’s JS Kaga for the First Time as JMSDF Prepares to Operate STOVL Jet
The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern ...
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Japan destroyer inadvertently entered China waters, captain sacked
This photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the ... (Kyodo) BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Japan has told China that a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer that sailed into Chinese territorial ...
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Japan MSDF helicopters crash: What we know
They are mainly deployed aboard destroyers. The MSDF says communication ... retrieved from the flight recorders of the two helicopters. Japan's Defense Minister Kihara Minoru speaking to ...
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China warns of Japanese ‘remilitarization’ following the incorporation of a ‘quasi-aircraft carrier’
The huge Japanese flat-top destroyer, Izumo, has a flight deck nearly 250m long and can reportedly carry more than nine helicopters. The Liberation Army Daily and many Chinese military experts ...
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US Helps Japan Build First Aircraft Carriers Since WWII Amid China Threat
The Kaga was built as the second of Japan's Izumo-class helicopter-carrying destroyers and entered service in 2017. It bears the name of the World War II-era aircraft carrier Kaga, which took ...
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Japan helicopters crash: Search ongoing for naval crew in the Pacific
Japan's defence officials ... The Mitsubishi SH-60K helicopters - based on the Sikorsky Seahawk - mainly operate from naval destroyers. As there were no other aircraft nor vessels in nearby ...
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier puts jets through paces after skirting Japanese atoll
The Joint Staff said the Liaoning began its deployment in late September, passing near Okinotorishima, Japan’s southernmost ...