The Defense Ministry plans to begin deploying fighter jets to Australia on a rotational basis as early as next fiscal year for joint exercises designed to counter a possible attack Down Under, sources ...

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 ...

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The Air Self-Defense Force confirmed on Thursday that the remains recovered from a training plane crash last week were those of two crew members. The ASDF's T-4 training aircraft crashed near a lake ...

The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. "We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the ...

Jane Anlauf thought she was helping a worthy cause. When an organization called the Autism Spectrum Disorder Foundation (ASDF) called the 81-year-old Minnetonka woman in May, she agreed to solicit ...

A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel conducts a search on the morning of Feb. 1, 2022, following the disappearance of the F-15 fighter over the Sea of Japan in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun ...

Japanese Air Self Defence Forces officers stand beside the X-2 advanced technological demonstrator airplane at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factory hangar in Komaki, Aichi prefecture on January 28, ...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief of Staff Shunji Izutsu offers his view on the renaming of the ASDF on Dec. 20, 2022. (Mainichi/Toshiaki Uchihashi) TOKYO -- A top Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...

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