Featured in Izumo classBYJoseph TrevithickDec 30, 2021ShareChina Releases Image Of Japanese Carrier Sailing Right Alongside Its Own CarrierJapan’s use of its aircraft carrier to closely shadow China’s own is highly unusual. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 30, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 23, 2020ShareJapanese F-35As Train With USS America As Tokyo Looks Toward Its Aircraft Carrier FutureJapan Air Self-Defense Force F-35As worked alongside the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship during maneuvers in the western Pacific. BYThomas NewdickOct 23, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2020ShareOf Course Japan Rejected A Plan For A New Unmanned Fighter Because It Makes No SenseThe unmanned fighter proposal was just one of several options that Tokyo has studied as a replacement for the Mitsubishi F-2. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2020ShareBYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareApproval Of Mega F-35 Sale For Japan Is A Huge Step Towards Its Aircraft Carrier AmbitionsJapan would become the second-largest Lightning II operator in the world if it bought all 105 jets in the proposed deal. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2019ShareNo, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class CarriersThe leaked image sparked outlandish and baseless speculation that Japan is actually wanting to do this and buy F-35Cs to go with the plan. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 22, 2019ShareJapanese Shipbuilder Pitches Amphibious Assault Ship For Country’s Growing Marine ForcesCarrying MV-22 Ospreys and Marines riding in armored amphibious vehicles, the ships could help Japan project power beyond its home islands. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 22, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2018ShareOfficials Admit Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyers’ Were Also Designed For JetsThe Japanese government has consistently and vehemently denied that its hulking helicopter carriers were built with tactical jets in mind. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 27, 2017ShareJapan And South Korea Eye F-35B For Their Helicopter CarriersBoth countries are future F-35 operators and once Japan’s big “helicopter destroyers” emerged, fielding the F-35B seemed like just a matter of time. BYTyler RogowayDec 27, 2017Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 30, 2021ShareChina Releases Image Of Japanese Carrier Sailing Right Alongside Its Own CarrierJapan’s use of its aircraft carrier to closely shadow China’s own is highly unusual. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 30, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 23, 2020ShareJapanese F-35As Train With USS America As Tokyo Looks Toward Its Aircraft Carrier FutureJapan Air Self-Defense Force F-35As worked alongside the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship during maneuvers in the western Pacific. BYThomas NewdickOct 23, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2020ShareOf Course Japan Rejected A Plan For A New Unmanned Fighter Because It Makes No SenseThe unmanned fighter proposal was just one of several options that Tokyo has studied as a replacement for the Mitsubishi F-2. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 14, 2020Share
BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020ShareApproval Of Mega F-35 Sale For Japan Is A Huge Step Towards Its Aircraft Carrier AmbitionsJapan would become the second-largest Lightning II operator in the world if it bought all 105 jets in the proposed deal. BYJamie HunterJul 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2019ShareNo, Japan Isn’t Going To Install Catapults And Angled Decks On Its Izumo Class CarriersThe leaked image sparked outlandish and baseless speculation that Japan is actually wanting to do this and buy F-35Cs to go with the plan. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 22, 2019ShareJapanese Shipbuilder Pitches Amphibious Assault Ship For Country’s Growing Marine ForcesCarrying MV-22 Ospreys and Marines riding in armored amphibious vehicles, the ships could help Japan project power beyond its home islands. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 22, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2018ShareOfficials Admit Japan’s ‘Helicopter Destroyers’ Were Also Designed For JetsThe Japanese government has consistently and vehemently denied that its hulking helicopter carriers were built with tactical jets in mind. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 27, 2017ShareJapan And South Korea Eye F-35B For Their Helicopter CarriersBoth countries are future F-35 operators and once Japan’s big “helicopter destroyers” emerged, fielding the F-35B seemed like just a matter of time. BYTyler RogowayDec 27, 2017Share
