Featured in JapanBYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareMarine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)The aircraft were on a routine training mission out of MCAS Iwakuni, which is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2018ShareBoeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To JapanJust as yet another target delivery date may be emerging, the KC-46 has hopped across the Pacific to visit its first export customer. BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2018ShareJapan Is Taking A Two-Step Approach To Fielding Its First Operational Hypersonic WeaponsThe Japanese are rushing to develop the weapons amid concerns about increasing Chinese encroachment on their territorial claims. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2018ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareLockheed Pitching U.S. Air Force On F-22-F-35 Hybrid Fighter Intended For JapanThere is an increasing possibility that the United States and Japan may join forces on the project, which could offer big benefits to both countries. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 27, 2018ShareThese Are The Most Stunning Pictures Of An AH-1 Cobra You Are Likely To Ever SeeEnjoy the single-engine Cobras in Japanese Ground Self Defense Force colors while you still can as the country is looking to replace the type. BYTyler RogowayAug 27, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2018ShareJapan’s New Super-Sized Destroyer Will Help Defend Against Ballistic Missiles And MoreThe pair of ships could shoot down North Korea missiles, as well as challenge Chinese claims and aid Japan in projecting power beyond its shores. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2018ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareWatchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate ForceA new report says the jets and their pilots are too busy with missions that don’t require their unique capabilities to prepare for conflicts that do. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 6, 2018ShareNorthrop Grumman Wants In On Japan’s Stealth Fighter ProjectJapanese officials have already talked with Lockheed Martin and are hoping a foreign partnership will help push the project forward. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 6, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2018ShareA USAF F-15C Eagle Crashed Off Okinawa, Pilot Rescued Alive After Ejection (Updated)The crash marks yet another in a long and deadly string of major mishaps which have plagued the Pentagon’s flying forces over the last six months. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 20, 2018ShareLockheed Should Restart the Raptor Line If Japan Wants An F-22-F-35 HybridGeopolitical trends, security concerns, and industrial and combat aircraft capability needs, could give birth to an American-Japanese Raptor 2.0. BYTyler RogowayApr 20, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareShadowy CIA-Linked Spy Plane May Be Scouring The Sea For North Korean Sanction BustingSince February 2018, the essentially unmarked surveillance aircraft has been flying orbits over the East China Sea between North Korea and China. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareBYTyler 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, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareNavy Aircraft Crashes Carrying 11 From Okinawa To The USS Ronald Reagan (Updated)The Ronald Reagan was operating in the Phillippine Sea when the aircraft went down and a search and rescue effort is now underway. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2017ShareF-35As Headed To Asia For First Operational Deployment Amid North Korean TensionsThe news came at the same time as a troubling report on F-35 spare parts and aircraft availability was published. BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareF-35s Were Carrying Live AIM-120 Missiles During Show Of Force Training Flight Over KoreaThe Pentagon may be attempting to send a message to North Korean intelligence analysts via photos released from the mission. BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 28, 2017ShareNorth Korea Sends Missile Flying Over Japan (Updating Live)The act is a massive provocation that could have wide ranging repercussions. BYTyler RogowayAug 28, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 17, 2017ShareNavy Releases Harrowing Report On Fitzgerald Collision, Begins Punishing SailorsThe ship’s Commanding Officer was literally hanging from the side of the ship following the nighttime collision. BYTyler RogowayAug 17, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareEverything We Know The Day After North Korea Launched Its Most Threatening Missile YetThe scariest thing is that these tests are becoming commonplace, that is until one suddenly becomes a catalyst for war. BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2017ShareIndian Navy MiG-29Ks Make Low Approaches To USS Nimitz During “Malabar” DrillsThe multi-national exercise had a strategic subtext of countering China’s growing naval might in the region. BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2017ShareDestroyer USS Fitzgerald Badly Damaged After Collision With Merchant Vessel (Updated)Seven sailors are missing and the commanding officer has been medevaced by helicopter to a nearby hospital. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 15, 2017ShareEverything You Need To Know About North Korea’s Most Successful Missile LaunchThe missile fired was displayed a month earlier during North Korea’s military parade. BYTyler RogowayMay 15, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareTrump Tells Navy To Ditch New Catapult, Babbles Incoherently About F-35Trump orders Navy to go back to steam catapults while jubilantly singing the F-35’s praises. BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 10, 2017ShareJapan May Buy Tomahawks For Retaliatory Strikes On North Korean Missile SitesThe system could be paired with the Aegis Ashore anti-ballistic missile system that Japan is also interested in acquiring. BYTyler RogowayMay 10, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2017ShareJapan May Acquire Aegis Ashore To Defend Itself From North Korean MissilesThe system is especially well suited for Japan’s strategic needs, but China would not be pleased with seeing it setup on Japanese shores. BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 1, 2017ShareJapan’s Biggest Helicopter Carrier To Provide Escort For US Supply ShipThe Izumo will bring its potent anti-submarine capabilities to protect the US supply vessel. BYTyler RogowayMay 1, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2017ShareKadena Air Base Shows Its Firepower During Surprise “Elephant Walk” DrillSeems like all of America’s weapons are being brandished as Day Of The Sun approaches in North Korea. BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2017ShareJapan to Sail Carrier Into South China Sea In Massive Show of ForceDispatching the helicopter carrier Izumo to the South China Sea is the largest show of naval force by Japan in the region since World War Two. BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 13, 2017ShareNorth Korea’s Latest Missile Test Highlights Ominous New CapabilitiesNorth Korea’s new solid-fuel, road-mobile ballistic missile may not have extreme range, but it’s far more menacing than its predecessors. BYTyler RogowayFeb 13, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 31, 2017ShareUS Navy Cruiser Runs Aground In Tokyo BayThe ship has spilled over a thousand gallons of hydraulic oil into the water. BYTyler RogowayJan 31, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017ShareF-35s Head To Japan As Chinese Bombers and Carrier Make Big MovesChinese long-range military activity has exploded in recent weeks, and there’s likely more to come. BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 8, 2016SharePilot Killed In Yet Another Marine F/A-18 Hornet CrashThe USMC has been shedding Hornets from its tired fleet at an alarming rate. BYTyler RogowayDec 8, 2016ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 8, 2016ShareJust Allow The F-22 To Be Exported To Japan AlreadyJapan wants to spend $40 billion on a new fighter, and only one fits the bill. BYTyler RogowayJul 8, 2016ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 16, 2016ShareEA-18G Growlers Appear In The Philippines As China Shadows US Carrier Group NearbyChina is keeping a very close eye on the US and its allies in the Pacific. BYTyler RogowayJun 16, 2016Share123
BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018ShareMarine F/A-18 And KC-130 Collide During Refueling Sending Both Into Waters Off Japan (Updated)The aircraft were on a routine training mission out of MCAS Iwakuni, which is located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. BYTyler RogowayDec 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2018ShareBoeing’s Troubled New KC-46 Pegasus Tanker Just Flew Across The Pacific Ocean To JapanJust as yet another target delivery date may be emerging, the KC-46 has hopped across the Pacific to visit its first export customer. BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2018ShareJapan Is Taking A Two-Step Approach To Fielding Its First Operational Hypersonic WeaponsThe Japanese are rushing to develop the weapons amid concerns about increasing Chinese encroachment on their territorial claims. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2018Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayAug 31, 2018ShareLockheed Pitching U.S. Air Force On F-22-F-35 Hybrid Fighter Intended For JapanThere is an increasing possibility that the United States and Japan may join forces on the project, which could offer big benefits to both countries. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayAug 31, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 27, 2018ShareThese Are The Most Stunning Pictures Of An AH-1 Cobra You Are Likely To Ever SeeEnjoy the single-engine Cobras in Japanese Ground Self Defense Force colors while you still can as the country is looking to replace the type. BYTyler RogowayAug 27, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2018ShareJapan’s New Super-Sized Destroyer Will Help Defend Against Ballistic Missiles And MoreThe pair of ships could shoot down North Korea missiles, as well as challenge Chinese claims and aid Japan in projecting power beyond its shores. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2018Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018ShareWatchdog Says USAF Is Wasting F-22s On Patrols And Deployments, Should Consolidate ForceA new report says the jets and their pilots are too busy with missions that don’t require their unique capabilities to prepare for conflicts that do. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 20, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 6, 2018ShareNorthrop Grumman Wants In On Japan’s Stealth Fighter ProjectJapanese officials have already talked with Lockheed Martin and are hoping a foreign partnership will help push the project forward. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 6, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2018ShareA USAF F-15C Eagle Crashed Off Okinawa, Pilot Rescued Alive After Ejection (Updated)The crash marks yet another in a long and deadly string of major mishaps which have plagued the Pentagon’s flying forces over the last six months. BYTyler RogowayJun 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 20, 2018ShareLockheed Should Restart the Raptor Line If Japan Wants An F-22-F-35 HybridGeopolitical trends, security concerns, and industrial and combat aircraft capability needs, could give birth to an American-Japanese Raptor 2.0. BYTyler RogowayApr 20, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018ShareShadowy CIA-Linked Spy Plane May Be Scouring The Sea For North Korean Sanction BustingSince February 2018, the essentially unmarked surveillance aircraft has been flying orbits over the East China Sea between North Korea and China. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 28, 2018Share
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
BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017ShareNavy Aircraft Crashes Carrying 11 From Okinawa To The USS Ronald Reagan (Updated)The Ronald Reagan was operating in the Phillippine Sea when the aircraft went down and a search and rescue effort is now underway. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2017ShareF-35As Headed To Asia For First Operational Deployment Amid North Korean TensionsThe news came at the same time as a troubling report on F-35 spare parts and aircraft availability was published. BYTyler RogowayOct 23, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareF-35s Were Carrying Live AIM-120 Missiles During Show Of Force Training Flight Over KoreaThe Pentagon may be attempting to send a message to North Korean intelligence analysts via photos released from the mission. BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 28, 2017ShareNorth Korea Sends Missile Flying Over Japan (Updating Live)The act is a massive provocation that could have wide ranging repercussions. BYTyler RogowayAug 28, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 17, 2017ShareNavy Releases Harrowing Report On Fitzgerald Collision, Begins Punishing SailorsThe ship’s Commanding Officer was literally hanging from the side of the ship following the nighttime collision. BYTyler RogowayAug 17, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017ShareEverything We Know The Day After North Korea Launched Its Most Threatening Missile YetThe scariest thing is that these tests are becoming commonplace, that is until one suddenly becomes a catalyst for war. BYTyler RogowayJul 30, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2017ShareIndian Navy MiG-29Ks Make Low Approaches To USS Nimitz During “Malabar” DrillsThe multi-national exercise had a strategic subtext of countering China’s growing naval might in the region. BYTyler RogowayJul 17, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2017ShareDestroyer USS Fitzgerald Badly Damaged After Collision With Merchant Vessel (Updated)Seven sailors are missing and the commanding officer has been medevaced by helicopter to a nearby hospital. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 15, 2017ShareEverything You Need To Know About North Korea’s Most Successful Missile LaunchThe missile fired was displayed a month earlier during North Korea’s military parade. BYTyler RogowayMay 15, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017ShareTrump Tells Navy To Ditch New Catapult, Babbles Incoherently About F-35Trump orders Navy to go back to steam catapults while jubilantly singing the F-35’s praises. BYTyler RogowayMay 11, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 10, 2017ShareJapan May Buy Tomahawks For Retaliatory Strikes On North Korean Missile SitesThe system could be paired with the Aegis Ashore anti-ballistic missile system that Japan is also interested in acquiring. BYTyler RogowayMay 10, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2017ShareJapan May Acquire Aegis Ashore To Defend Itself From North Korean MissilesThe system is especially well suited for Japan’s strategic needs, but China would not be pleased with seeing it setup on Japanese shores. BYTyler RogowayMay 8, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 1, 2017ShareJapan’s Biggest Helicopter Carrier To Provide Escort For US Supply ShipThe Izumo will bring its potent anti-submarine capabilities to protect the US supply vessel. BYTyler RogowayMay 1, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2017ShareKadena Air Base Shows Its Firepower During Surprise “Elephant Walk” DrillSeems like all of America’s weapons are being brandished as Day Of The Sun approaches in North Korea. BYTyler RogowayApr 14, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2017ShareJapan to Sail Carrier Into South China Sea In Massive Show of ForceDispatching the helicopter carrier Izumo to the South China Sea is the largest show of naval force by Japan in the region since World War Two. BYTyler RogowayMar 13, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 13, 2017ShareNorth Korea’s Latest Missile Test Highlights Ominous New CapabilitiesNorth Korea’s new solid-fuel, road-mobile ballistic missile may not have extreme range, but it’s far more menacing than its predecessors. BYTyler RogowayFeb 13, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 31, 2017ShareUS Navy Cruiser Runs Aground In Tokyo BayThe ship has spilled over a thousand gallons of hydraulic oil into the water. BYTyler RogowayJan 31, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017ShareF-35s Head To Japan As Chinese Bombers and Carrier Make Big MovesChinese long-range military activity has exploded in recent weeks, and there’s likely more to come. BYTyler RogowayJan 12, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 8, 2016SharePilot Killed In Yet Another Marine F/A-18 Hornet CrashThe USMC has been shedding Hornets from its tired fleet at an alarming rate. BYTyler RogowayDec 8, 2016Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 8, 2016ShareJust Allow The F-22 To Be Exported To Japan AlreadyJapan wants to spend $40 billion on a new fighter, and only one fits the bill. BYTyler RogowayJul 8, 2016Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 16, 2016ShareEA-18G Growlers Appear In The Philippines As China Shadows US Carrier Group NearbyChina is keeping a very close eye on the US and its allies in the Pacific. BYTyler RogowayJun 16, 2016Share