Air Force (JASDF)

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Every JASDF Pilot Starts With The T-7 Trainer Aircraft

The First Plane To Fly When becoming a pilot in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force...
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The Vital Role of Japan’s Mobile Surveillance Radars

Backing Up Radar Sites Modern warfare begins with air strikes against radar site...
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How Japan Ended Up With Just Three Global Hawk UAVs

For Maritime Patrols As a nation with over 7,000 islands, Japan ranks sixth glob...
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Why Did Japan Use The F-4 Fighter For So Long?

In Service: 1971〜2021 Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) operates some of th...
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How Different Is Japan’s Air Force One?

A Rather Short History Alike the famous Air Force One used by the United States ...
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Japanese TopGun? Meet JASDF’s Elite Aggressor Unit

Tactical Fighter Training Group Among the fighter squadrons of the Japan Air Sel...
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GCAP Alliance? Developing Japan’s Next Stealth Fighter

Japan-UK-Italy Project Among the three types of fighter jets currently operated ...
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What To Expect From Kawasaki’s Electronic Warfare Aircraft

Offensive Capabilities As the modern-day battlefield extends to new realms of sp...
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Kawasaki C-1 – Postwar Japan’s First Transport Aircraft

JASDF's First Domestic Transport The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), also ...
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Next Space Force? Japan’s Space Operations Group

Newly Formed In 2020 Just one year after the United States established its new S...
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How Kawasaki’s T-4 Jet Trains Japanese Pilots

First Jet For Trainees Every pilot in the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF...
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What Happened To Japan’s ASM-3 Anti-Ship Missile?

Stealthy & Supersonic While the primary role of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (...
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How Good Was The Mitsubishi F-1 Fighter Jet?

De-facto Fighter Bomber Following the defeat in WW2, Japan was temporarily banne...
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Why Japan Is Deploying Its Air Force To Australia

The Quasi-Alliance Japan's formal ally is the United States alone, but recent ye...
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What Happened To Mitsubishi’s X-2 Stealth Fighter Jet?

An Experimental Plane While gradually increasing the number of F-35 stealth figh...
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How Capable Are Japanese Patriot Missiles Against Threats?

Last Line Of Defense Ever since North Korea's nuclear program and the developmen...
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How Good Is Kawasaki’s C-2 Transport Plane?

Japan's Latest Military Transport Recently, Japan's Air Force (JASDF) has been b...
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Why Mitsubishi’s F-2 Fighter Is Deadly Against Ships

Quasi-Domestic Fighter Japan's air-force, the JASDF operates several types of fi...