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F-35B Lands on Japan's JS Kaga for the First Time as JMSDF Prepares to Operate STOVL Jet
The JS Kaga's flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier'. The tests off the southern ...
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Modified Japanese carrier completes F-35B trials off Southern California
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released video footage of an F-35B landing aboard the JS Kaga, an ...
In a deepening alliance, Japanese aircraft carrier finishes testing U.S. fighter jets off San Diego
The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...
Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.
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F-35B flight trials conclude for Japan’s JS Kaga
Senior officials from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the crew of the JS Kaga, as F-35B pilots from ...
These Are The 4 Operators Of The STOVL F-35B Variant
The F-35B is the short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant designed for smaller aircraft carriers and the Marines' ...
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Japanese Big Deck JS Kaga Wraps California F-35B Trials
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft executes a vertical landing on Japan Maritime Self-Defense Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) during developmental test Nov. 2, 2024 ...
US F-35 Jet Lands on Japanese Navy Carrier in New Alliance Milestone
Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...
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Stealth fighter makes first vertical landing aboard modified Japanese warship
An F-35B Lightning II landed Sunday aboard the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga off San Diego’s coast, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force announced Monday on social platform X. The Kaga ...
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Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday. The light aircraft carrier was refitted with a flight deck to carry F-35B stealth fighters. The destroyer ...
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F-35B Lands on Japan’s JS Kaga for the First Time as JMSDF Prepares to Operate STOVL Jet
The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern coast of California also pave the way for an increased ...