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 ...

The first three F-35 stealth fighter jets designed for operations from Japanese aircraft carriers arrived in the Northeast Asian country on Thursday as part of Tokyo's ongoing efforts to bolster the ...

While training with the F-35s is being carried out on land, the aircraft will eventually be transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF’s) two Izumo-class destroyers. The Japanese ...

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined F-35B operations. The UK’s Royal Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense ...

After months of delay, the first Japanese F-35Bs are on the way to their new home and were spotted during a stop in Hawaii. The first F-35B Lightning II STOVL (Short Take Off Vertical Landing) ...

A British F-35B Lightning II made a precautionary landing in southern Japan this week while en route to a carrier taking part with U.S. and Japanese forces in a multinational exercise, according to ...

Japan has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters. An initial batch of three jets were ferried by US pilots to Nyutabaru air base in Japan’s southern Miyazaki region on 7 ...