The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting enemy bases has surged to more than 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion), sources ...
The Blue Impulse aerobatic team of the Air Self-Defense Force will perform over the venue of the Osaka Expo on July 12 and 13, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The commemorative flight was initially ...
Japan plans to send a 10-member Air Self-Defense Force advance team to Qatar and Kuwait on Dec. 25 under a special law that allows for the dispatch of Japanese troops to aid the reconstruction of Iraq ...
An Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) T-4 training aircraft crashed into Lake Iruka in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, May 14, in a spectacle seen by visitors at a nearby popular tourist attraction. Lake Iruka ...