JASDF F-15’s Landing Gear Collapses on Landing at Naha Airport
The main landing gear of a JASDF F-15 collapsed during landing, causing the aircraft to slide on the…
Japan is developing a stealthy, air-launched, anti-ship missile
Captive carry testing of the new anti-ship missile – understood to be an air-launched derivative of the 25SSM…
Japan is no longer Asia’s defensive power
For nearly eight decades, East Asia’s security architecture rested on a predictable premise: Japan would remain a strictly…
Japan Looks Toward Drone-Mounted Stand-In Jammers
Operational concept from fiscal year (FY) 2023 for Japan’s stand-in jammer unmanned aerial vehicles (center) that appear to…
Japanese E-2D Hawkeyes stretch their legs in Australia
This pair of JASDF E-2Ds was operated by the Airborne Warning & Control Wing’s 601st Squadron during Exercise…
Japan Begins Captive-Carry Flight Tests Of Air-Launched Type 25 Anti-Ship Missile
Photographs from Gifu Air Base show F-2B prototype 63-8101 carrying the new Air-Launched Type 25 anti-ship missile during…
Japan’s XEC-2 Stand-Off Jammer Aircraft Begins Operational Flight Testing
The new XEC-2 SOJ, which first flew in March 2026, has now started operational flight testing with the…
Blue Impulse Flyover Marks 70th Anniversary of Wajima Base
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s aerobatic demonstration team, Blue Impulse, flew over Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 28…
F-22 Raptors arrive in Japan as US Air Force boosts Pacific airpower
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