Japan deploys its first F-35B fighter jets to bolster defenses in the south

Japan’s first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move ...
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U.S. Marines Deploy F-35B Stealth Fighters to Japan as China Competition Reshapes Pacific Airpower.

Operating from Japan, the F-35B combines stealth, advanced sensors, and short takeoff and vertical landing capability with the flexibility to use dispersed bases and amphibious ships. This gives U.S.
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Japan succeeds in test flight of first stealth fighter jet

Japan’s first stealth fighter jet successfully took to the skies on Friday as the country joins a select group of world military powers wielding the radar-dodging technology. Technological super power ...
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Marine Corps F-35Bs replace Hornets in Japan under unit deployment program

F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni for training with U.S. and allied forces ...
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Japan’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets is growing. So are its military bases.

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two quasi-aircraft carriers. Eighty years ago, following its defeat in World War II, Japan ...
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Japan’s GCAP Fighter Takes Shape as a Large, Long-Range and High-Cost Sixth-Generation Aircraft

Japan’s strategic position in the western Pacific is driving the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) toward an unusually large ...