A relatively new Air Force logistics team out of Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo proved its mettle in recent months by ...

You may have heard about Japanese fighter jets touring Europe, as well as a few other locations. Here's why they were ...

The two countries are also planning a meeting between their defence ministers by the end of January. Read more at ...

Capt. Jordan Wesemann, a KC-135 tanker pilot, refueled his twin brother Jared's F-35 fighter jet during an exercise in Japan.

The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said Wednesday it will offer refueling support to South Korean military planes for the first time, as an aerobatic team will make stopovers at a base in Okinawa in ...

The Air Force's aerobatic flight team will stage an air show in Saudi Arabia next month after making a stopover in Japan for refueling, officials said Wednesday. The Black Eagles team plans to ...

Japan has taken delivery of its first three Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters. The short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft arrived at Nyutabaru Air Base in southern Miyazaki prefecture on ...

Three Lockheed Martin’s F-35Bs arrived Aug. 7, 2025, at Nyutabaru Air Base on the main island of Kyushu, Japan. Japan Air Self-Defense Force photo Japan received its first three F-35B Lightning II ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 fighters holding a joint military drill with the U.S. B-52 bomber on Dec. 10, 2025. (Japan's Ministry of Defense/AP) Japan is barreling forward with efforts to ...

TOKYO >> U.S. nuclear-capable bombers flew over the Sea of Japan alongside Japanese fighter jets on Wednesday, Tokyo said, in a show of force following Chinese and Russian drills in the skies and seas ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force said Wednesday that it will provide refueling support to a total of 10 planes of the South Korean Air Force at its Naha Air Base in the southernmost prefecture of ...