Given the technological challenges associated with developing a stealth fighter, Japan has enlisted the help of a US aerospace OEM. Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi announced on 12 December that the ...

TOKYO — The purchase of the F-35 should give the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance performance, but upgrades to Japan's F-2 and F-15 ...

Japan has taken delivery of its new electronic attack aircraft, accepting the RC-2 from KHI on 1 October. On 1 October, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) accepted its first RC-2 aircraft from ...

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 ...

Japan has launched 16 F-2 fighters armed with a total of 64 anti-ship missiles in response to the increased activity of the Chinese navy in the region.

A total of 20 Mitsubishi F-2 multirole fighter aircraft assigned to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF’s) 8th Squadron took part in an ‘elephant walk’ at Tsuiki Air Base, Fukuoka Prefecture, on ...

Mitsubishi F-2 fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) have conducted a month of air-to-air refuelling trials with a tanker of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The work took place ...