The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released video footage of an F-35B landing aboard the JS Kaga, an ...

Japanese big deck JS Kaga (DDH-184) wrapped trials for F-35B Lightning II off the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said this ...

The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...

Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.

Senior officials from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the crew of the JS Kaga, as F-35B pilots from ...

F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing ...

F-35B lands for the first time on JS Kaga A release said that a specially instrumented F-35B Lightning II assigned to VX-23 (Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Two Three) from Naval Air Station ...

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 ...

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 ...

F-35B Lighting II assigned to the ‘Salty Dogs’ of Air Test and Evaluation (VX) 23 lands on JS Kaga (DDH-184) on Oct. 20, 2024. JMSDF Photo The first F-35B Lightning II landed on Japanese big ...

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 ...