Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)

Asia-Pacific Air 

Japan’s First V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft Arrives at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Japan, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), JGSDF Camp Kisarazu, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCASI), Tiltrotor aircraft

The Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF)’s first V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft has arrived at JGSDF Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture outside

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Asia-Pacific Air 

U.S. Approves $23 Billion Sale of 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft to Japan

July 10, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Fighter aircraft, Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of 105 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and related equipment to

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S., Japanese Forces to Participate in Resilient Shield 2020

February 21, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Resilient Shield, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

U.S. and Japan Armed Forces will be participating in Resilient Shield 2020 starting February 24, at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Navy Concludes Support to Search and Recovery Efforts for Crashed Japanese F-35A Aircraft

May 11, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, CURV-21, F-35A Lightning II, Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

A U.S. Navy salvage team aboard a contracted vessel completed its mission supporting search and recovery operations with the Japan

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Asia-Pacific Misc 

U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft and Destroyer, USS Stethem, Join JSDF Search for Japanese F-35A Pilot

April 10, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing P-8 Poseidon, F-35A Lightning II, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Stethem (DDG-63)

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and guided-missile destroyer, USS Stethem (DDG 63), are assisting Japanese-led search and

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Air Asia-Pacific Naval 

Japanese, Australian, and U.S. Assets Conducted 900 Hours of Searching for Marines Involved in F/A-18 & KC-130 Aviation Mishap

December 11, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Australia, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), KC-130J Super Hercules, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The Japanese, Australian, and U.S. assets have conducted approximately 900 hours of searching for the five missing U.S. Marines involved in

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Misc Asia-Pacific 

Search and Rescue Operations Continue for U.S. Marines off the Coast of Japan

December 10, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Boeing F/A-18 Hornet, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Lockheed KC-130 Hercules, U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

The search and rescue operations continue for the remaining five U.S. Marines who were aboard the KC-130 Hercules and F/A-18

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises Naval 

U.S. Navy Ronald Reagan Strike Group Concludes Exercise Keen Sword 2019

November 9, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Keen Sword, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

The U.S. Navy’s Ronald Reagan Strike Group finished exercise Keen Sword 2019 with units from the U.S. Air Force, the

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S. and Japan Kick Off Exercise Keen Sword

November 2, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Keen Sword, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) began exercise Keen Sword at military installations throughout Japan and

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

U.S. Military, Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) to Conduct Exercise Keen Sword Beginning Oct. 29

October 25, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Exercise Keen Sword, Guam, Japan, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), Military exercise, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Armed Forces, USA

Units from the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) will conduct exercise Keen Sword beginning Oct. 29, 2018.

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