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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 Izumo-class vessel is Japan’s second aircraft carrier, although Tokyo and Washington officially describe both the Kaga and its sister ship JS Izumo as “multi-functional destroyers”. The ...

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 ...