The HMS Prince of Wales may conduct “cross-deck drills” with JS Kaga using aircraft carrier-based F-35Bs. If realized, it ...

Originally designed as a battleship, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaga was later converted into a pioneering aircraft carrier that played a central role in shaping Japan’s naval air strategy.

Initial modifications to the Izumo began in 2021. That fall, the 800-foot, 27,000-ton warship helped prove the feasibility of the U.S.-Japan light aircraft carrier program when a U.S. Marine Corps ...

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force The Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga is seen conducting sea trials in this photograph released by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on December 25, 2023.

Japan says first modification work on its newly converted light aircraft carrier has been completed. JS Kaga was helicopter carrier identified as a destroyer refitted with to carry F-35 jets.

The Kaga is being upgraded to aircraft carrier status, so it will see some minor changes. The JMSDF shared on X last December 2023 that the special modifications on the Kaga are nearing completion ...

Japan’s Secret Aircraft Carriers . It will be 79 years ago this July 29 that the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Unry -class aircraft carrier Amagi was sunk in port at Kure.She capsized and sank ...

The US landed an F-35 stealth fighter on Japan's new aircraft carrier for the first time. US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga.

Summary and Key Points: Japan is sending its modified Izumo-class helicopter carrier, JS Kaga, to the U.S. West Coast for flight operations with the F-35B Lightning II between October and November ...

More than 80 years after Pearl Harbor, a Japanese aircraft carrier is scheduled to make a visit to the East Coast of the United States—this time, as one of America’s strongest allies.. The ...

A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jet has successfully landed on Japan’s Kaga helicopter carrier for the first time, as part of moves to turn the Kaga and its sister ship, the Izumo, into full-fledged ...