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.

The Japanese warship JS Kaga is the size of some World War II aircraft carriers. Japan may be trying to turn it into an aircraft carrier, too.

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.

Japan's multi-function helicopter carrier JS Kaga is seen following the completion of aircraft carrier modifications on March 29, 2024. The Kaga arrived in San Diego, California, on October 5 for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), left, operates with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), June 11, 2019.

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 ...