F-35 Lightning II aircraft from Japan, the United States and Australia have begun training together for the first time as part of Exercise Cope North ...

By bringing together their fifth-generation fighter jets for joint exercises, Australia, Japan, and the U.S. have sent a strong message about their commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific.

The RAAF along with the US Air Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force have joined a trilateral exercise for the first time ...

Hosted in the Indo-Pacific island of Guam, the last several iterations of Exercise Cope North have traditionally been an ...

The JASDF, historically famous for the stunning liveries of its aircraft, has revealed a brand-new paintjob for the Kawasaki C-1 as it gets closer to ...

The trilateral exercise, Cope North 2025, is scheduled for February 3 to 21 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.

Domestic and international suppliers provide various parts of the F-35, from structural components to avionics, with at least one - Japan - having domestic final production facilities. “The JASDF has ...

The allied F-35 exercise came after two new Chinese ... which will increase our interoperability with each other." Japan Air Self-Defense Force Colonel Takeshi Okubo said in a press release ...

reinforcing the JASDF's long-range stand-off strike capabilities of the F-15J, F-35 and possibly other assets. The United States' DSCA (Defense Security Cooperation Agency) announced on Jan. 15 ...

A Thursday release by Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) stated that from Thursday morning into the afternoon, two Tu-95 bombers, a Su-35 fighter ... showed a JASDF F-15J fighter shadowing the ...