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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
In technical feat, the Navy’s F-35B fighter jet lands on Japanese aircraft carrier off San Diego
In a technical advance off San Diego, a Navy F-35B strike fighter landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first time ...
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F-35B fighter makes first landing on de facto aircraft carrier Kaga
The Maritime Self-Defense Force is conducting tests to determine if there are issues with such aircraft taking off from the ...
US Marines F-35B Makes 1st Landing On Japan's Izumo-Class Destroyer JS Kaga
A US Marines F-35B fighter jet has landed on the Japanese carrier Kaga for the first time, marking the first time in post-war ...
Japan Expands Carrier Capabilities With F-35B, Drones Could Be Next
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter has for the first time operated aboard Japan’s biggest in-service warship, the ...
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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 ...
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US F-35Bs make inaugural landing on Japan’s newest aircraft carrier
Short take-off and landing stealth fighters from a US Navy test squadron made the F-35s type's first landing on the JS Kaga - ...
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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 ...
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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 part ...
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MSDF destroyer showcases new flexibility as ‘aircraft carrier’
These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...