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Modified Japanese carrier completes F-35B trials off Southern California
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released video footage of an F-35B landing aboard the JS Kaga, an ...
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F-35B Lands on Japan's JS Kaga for the First Time as JMSDF Prepares to Operate STOVL Jet
The JS Kaga's flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier'. The tests off the southern ...
Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.
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Japanese Big Deck JS Kaga Wraps California F-35B Trials
Japanese big deck JS Kaga (DDH-184) wrapped trials for F-35B Lightning II off the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said this ...
In a deepening alliance, Japanese aircraft carrier finishes testing U.S. fighter jets off San Diego
The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...
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F-35B flight trials conclude for Japan’s JS Kaga
Senior officials from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the crew of the JS Kaga, as F-35B pilots from ...
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A Royal Navy F-35 Just Landed on a Japanese 'Aircraft Carrier'
F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing ...
US F-35 Jet Lands on Japanese Navy Carrier in New Alliance Milestone
Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...
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Stealth fighter makes first vertical landing aboard modified Japanese warship
An F-35B Lightning II landed Sunday aboard the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga off San Diego’s coast, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force announced Monday on social platform X. The Kaga ...
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U.S. F-35B Lands on Japanese Warship Off California; U.S., Canadian Navy Ships Transit Taiwan Strait
F-35B Lighting II assigned to the ‘Salty Dogs’ of Air Test and Evaluation (VX) 23 lands on JS Kaga (DDH-184) on Oct. 20, 2024. JMSDF Photo The first F-35B Lightning II landed on Japanese big ...
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F-35B Lands on Japan’s JS Kaga for the First Time as JMSDF Prepares to Operate STOVL Jet
The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern coast of California also pave the way for an increased ...