Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two ...

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese ...

Japanese fighters and United States strategic bombers made a show of force together after 11 Chinese and Russian aircraft ...

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 ...

The Russia-China joint bomber patrol, carried out on Tuesday, came amid rising tensions between Tokyo and the Moscow-Beijing ...

The Japanese air force and U.S. military conducted the exercise, emphasizing their resolve to prevent unilateral changes by ...

U.S. B-52 strategic bombers and Japanese fighter jets participated in a joint military exercise on Wednesday in a major show ...

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 ...

American strategic bombers trained alongside Japanese aircraft in what Washington and Tokyo described as a demonstration of ...

The brightly painted Mitsubishi F-15Js of Japan’s aggressor squadron simulate hostile aircraft. Credit: Chen Chuanren/AW&ST Japan has shifted its defense modernization efforts from cruise control into ...

U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the East Sea alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of ...

Just in time for a blizzard of packages, the Military Postal Service unveiled self-service parcel lockers at Yokota Air Base ...