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Japan Air Self-Defense Force Recon Drone Crashes into Sea of Japan

One of Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System crashed into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the service announced. The reconnaissance drone crashed in...

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, US Special Operations Forces Co-Host Bilateral Engagement to Align Capabilities

CAMP KISARAZU, Japan —    U.S. service members assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command and U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific, alongside the Japan Ground Self-Defense...

JASDF Fighter Jets to Visit India for First Time

Three F-2A fighters will fly to India via Okinawa and Thailand for Veer Guardian 26, with the U.S. Air Force providing support including aerial refueling.

In a league of her own: A Japanese F-15 pilot guarding the northern skies

Capt. Momoka Fujii, call sign "Jasmine," is one of a tiny minority of female pilots flying front-line combat jets in the Air Self-Defense Force.

U.S. Air Force F-22 squadron arrives in southern Japan

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters from Alaska are operating from Tsuiki Air Base on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu as part of Keen Sword 27, the largest iteration so f...

JASDF RQ-4B Crashes in the Sea of Japan

One of Japan’s three RQ-4B Global Hawks crashed in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Tottori Prefecture. One of the Japan Air Self Defense Force’s (JASDF) three RQ-4B Global Hawks...

Japan Plans to Adopt ASM-3ER Anti-Ship Missile for Air-to-Air Role

Japan plans to field the supersonic ASM-3ER anti-ship missile in FY2027 with a new dual-role capability to target enemy AWACS and tankers at long range. The post Japan Plans to Ado...

Japan Reportedly Planning Air to Air Variant of ASM-3 Anti-Ship Missile

A new budget document released by the Japanese Ministry of Defense includes a reference to the ASM-3 as both an anti-ship and an anti-air missile, hinting at an additional role for...

French Rafales Return to Japan for PEGASE 2026

Four Rafale F4s, supported by three A330 MRTTs and two A400Ms, stopped over at Hyakuri Air Base during the latest edition of the PEGASE long-range airpower projection mission. The...

Airborne Drill

US Army paratroopers jump out of a USAF C-130J Super Hercules during Operation Orient Shield 26 Joint Airborne drop at Kita-Dalen Training area in Eniwa, Hokkaido, Tuesday. — AFP

Japan Seeks AARGM-ER to Suppress Enemy Warship Air Defenses

Japan seeks the U.S. AARGM-ER missile in its FY2027 budget to suppress enemy warship air defenses and enable long-range anti-ship strikes. The post Japan Seeks AARGM-ER to Suppress...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force confirms Global Hawk drone crash

JASDF Global Hawk Presumed to Have Crashed off Western Japan

The incident could strain Japan’s persistent wide-area surveillance capabilities, as the JASDF operates only three of the high-altitude unmanned aircraft.

Missile system shown to local residents at GSDF base in Kumamoto

The missile system is slated to be deployed during the Keen Sword joint exercise by the SDF and the U.S. military set for later this month.

Japan’s Massive US-2 Amphibian Teams Up With USAF CV-22B During Rescue Flag 26-1

Held on Aug 26, Rescue Flag 26-1 brought together forces from the USAF, USMC, JMSDF, and JASDF for a comprehensive simulated casualty exercise. A USAF CV-22B Osprey joined a JMSDF...

Japan's Terra Drone lands Self-Defense Forces order for interceptors

Japan’s island-defense glide missile seen at Camp Fuji

New video from Camp Fuji shows Japan’s Type 25 Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile launcher driving onto a firing site, raising its missiles into launch position and packing up again...

Japan Air Force Chief Flies Solo In Indigenous TEJAS Jet During Veer Guardian 2026 Exercise

Indian Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh and Japan Air Self-Defence Force Chief of Staff General Takehiro Morita flew the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft TEJAS from Air Force Sta...

IAF To Closely Study Japan’s F-2 Fighters (Heavily Modified F-16s) In Veer Guardian 2026 Exercise

Exercise Veer Guardian 2026, scheduled from 9 to 21 September at Jodhpur Air Force Station, is a joint air combat drill between the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defence...

TEJAS, Su‑30MKI, Rafale To Join Japan’s F‑2s For Veer Guardian Air Drills In Jodhpur

India and Japan are set to conduct the bilateral air exercise ‘Veer Guardian’ at Jodhpur from 9 to 22 September.The Indian Air Force will showcase its frontline combat aircraft, in...

Air Force, Japan Exercise Tsunami Evacuation Procedures

Members of the Air Force's 18th Wing and local government officials in Okinawa, Japan, conducted a joint tsunami evacuation drill across Kadena Air Base.

Japan says reconnaissance drone crashed off Tottori

The ASDF said debris spotted and photographed floating in waters off the prefecture was judged to be the drone.

U.S. Marine Corps sends F-35B jets to Japan

An F-35B fighter squadron from South Carolina has taken over rotational duty in Japan, replacing a Hornet squadron under a U.S. Marine Corps program that keeps U.S.-based units cyc...

Exercise Keen Sword 2027 Begins in Japan

Multilateral Exercise Keen Sword 2027 began on Ishigaki Island, Japan, involving about 45,000 Japan Self-Defense Forces troops, 11,000 U.S. service members and forces from Australi...