The T-6 Texan II, reportedly in a customized T-6JP variant, will be used by the JASDF as its new primary trainer to replace the license-built T-34 derivatives employed so far. Japan has selected ...

On Jan. 30, 2025, JASDF’s Iruma Air Base revealed a brand-new commemorative livery on their official X account, applied to the second Kawasaki C-1 ever produced, the aircraft with serial number ...

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 ...

The end of an era: the last three JASDF (Japanse Air Self-Defense Force) F-4EJ Phantoms, including the oldest Phantom in Japanese service, have been retired at Gifu Air Base. On March 17, 2021 ...

The purchase of the F-35 should give the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) next-generation intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance performance, but upgrades to Japan's F-2 and F-15 fleets ...

It doesn’t help that the JASDF is replacing half of the F-15s—plus other fighter types—with around 160 new F-35s. And the F-35 isn’t exactly suited to alert duty.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has been using the T-4 as an intermediate trainer jet since 1988, but now the Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) has invited companies to ...

In FY2016, the JASDF scrambled its fighter aircraft a total of 1,168 times, the highest ever recorded in a year since such operations began in 1958. Scrambles against Chinese planes accounted for ...

The fighter, assigned to the JASDF 302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, went missing about 84 miles off the coast of Misawa, Japan about 7:30 p.m. local time.

Japan's Air Force, or the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has a hangar of formidable aircraft at its disposal. Its main fighter aircraft is the F-15J, an American F-15 Eagle that's been ...

JASDF confirms the deaths of 2 crew in a training plane crash THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. May 23, 2025 at 11:20 JST ...