A fundamental change came in December 2022 when former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government adopted a security strategy ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's air force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 military training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday ...

On 9 December 2025, at Tsuiki Air Base of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), at least 16 F-2 fighter aircraft were ...

Outside of the mainland, the US military has fighter jets permanently deployed in Japan, South Korea, and Hawaii, although ...

Firefighters gather for a search operation as a Japanese air force plane crashed after taking off for a training flight, at a pond in Inuyama, central Japan, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Kyodo News via ...

The first three F-35B Lightning IIs have finally been delivered to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The Japan Air Self Defense Force Article (JASDF) announced the arrival of its first three F-35B ...

Textron Aviation Defense has signed its first contract to supply the Beechcraft T-6JP Texan II integrated training system to JASDF.

TOKYO — Japanese fighters and United States strategic bombers made a show of force together Wednesday, a day after 11 Chinese and Russian aircraft flew routes close to Japan and South Korea. Japan ...

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Textron Aviation Defense LLC, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, today announced in coordination with the Kanematsu Group that the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II Integrated ...

Japanese and South Korean fighters escorted U.S. bombers on a display of air power Wednesday in the skies over the Sea of Japan, or East Sea, according to Air Force Global Strike Command. Two ...

Space Force officials announced the creation of a new service component in Japan, as America's ally expands its own space operations and tensions with China continue to rise in the Pacific. U.S. Space ...