U.S. Air Force Trains With Japan’s US-2 Flying Boat As It Looks Forward To Its Own Amphibious Plane
Airmen got a close look at Japan’s US-2 Flying Boat’s Capabilities during Cope North drills near Guam.
Airmen got a close look at Japan’s US-2 Flying Boat’s Capabilities during Cope North drills near Guam.
The missiles would offer land-attack and anti-ship capabilities and would be expected to serve as a deterrent to China and North Korea.
Next week, F-35B stealth fighters are due to go aboard the newly modified Japanese carrier Izumo for the first time.
Twenty-five years ago today, a Japanese destroyer blasted a U.S. Navy A-6 Intruder strike aircraft out of the sky.
Despite all the technology at their disposal, for a submarine crew, the simple act of surfacing can sometimes be fraught with danger.
The diesel-electric attack submarine was surfacing when it impacted the 51,000-ton commercial vessel off the Japanese coast.
The two new warships are planned to combine a development of the Maya class hull with the AN/SPY-7 Long Range Discrimination Radar.
Japan is preparing to introduce an innovative new class of diesel-electric submarine, the largest it has built since World War II.
The US-2 may look like one of the flying boats of yesteryear, but it is actually a very modern aircraft with some remarkable features.
The innovative round design that is wrapped in screens looks like it came right out of Starfleet’s Utopia Planitia shipyard.