Japan's modified Izumo-class destroyers JS Kaga and JS Izumo are now operating as light aircraft carriers for the U.S.-built F-35B Lightning II — Tokyo's first carriers since World War II. The ...
A U.S. fifth-generation fighter jet landed on a Japanese helicopter destroyer this week, bringing Japan one step closer to taking its own advanced stealth fighters to sea. An F-35B Lightning II landed ...
Japan’s use of JS Kaga for F-35B operations marks an important development in the country’s evolving defense posture and its ...
Japanese, US and UK forces have completed Lockheed Martin F-35B trials from the deck of the Japanese aircraft carrier JS Kaga. The converted helicopter ship, which Tokyo calls a “multi-functional ...
Japan’s upgrading of a warship to become its first aircraft carrier since the Second World War has been criticised in China, raising questions about whether it violates the country’s post-war pacifist ...