Japan

Asia-Pacific Naval 

Ronald Reagan Strike Group, Japanese Navy Conduct Bilateral Training

August 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Kirishima (DDG-174), Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Antietam (CG-54), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (CSG), JS Kirishima, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) personnel from the Commander, Escort

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft Conducts Emergency Landing at Amami Airport

August 15, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Japan, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), USA

A U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft made an emergency landing at Amami Airport in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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Asia-Pacific Deployments 

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress Bombers Participate in Bilateral Training Mission with Japan Air Self-Defense Force

July 28, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Barksdale AFB, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing F-15 Eagle, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), Japan, Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress long-range strategic bombers participated in a routine bilateral training mission with Japan Air Self-Defense

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Air Americas 

Bell-Boeing Receives Multi-Year Contract for 58 V-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft

July 26, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bell Boeing JPO, Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, Boeing, Japan, Tiltrotor aircraft, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Bell-Boeing has been awarded a multi-year contract for the delivery of 58 V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to the U.S. Armed

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Asia-Pacific Industry 

Japan Coast Guard Signs HCare Smart for its H225 Helicopter Fleet

July 21, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus Helicopters, Airbus Helicopters H225, Helicopter, Japan, Japan Coast Guard (JCG)

Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has signed an HCare Smart full-by-the-hour material management contract with Airbus Helicopters for its H225 helicopter

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Air Asia-Pacific 

GA-ASI Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft Concludes First Large-Scale Demonstration Flights in Japan

July 4, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), General Atomics MQ-9B Guardian, Japan, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) announced that the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has concluded the first large-scale demonstration

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force Deploys a Squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk Drones to Misawa Air Base, Japan

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Andersen AFB, Guam, Japan, Misawa Air Base, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, U.S. Air Force (USAF), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), USA

The U.S. Air Force deployed a squadron of RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft intra-theater to Misawa Air Base, Japan

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Air Asia-Pacific 

Japan to Transfer Additional Beechcraft TC-90 Patrol Aircraft to the Philippine Navy

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Beechcraft TC-90 King Air, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Philippine Navy, Philippines

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is planning to transfer additional Beechcraft King Air TC-90 patrol aircraft to the Philippine

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Rolls-Royce MT30 Marine Gas Turbine Selected to Power Japanese Navy’s New Frigates

June 16, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Frigate, Japan, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Marine gas turbine, Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce MT30

Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply its MT30 marine gas turbine to power a new class of frigates for the

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force Deploys F-22A Raptor Jets to Kadena Air Base, Japan under INDOPACOM TSP Program

June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Japan, Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson (JBER), Kadena Air Base, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, Theater Security Package (TSP), U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), USA

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) deployed F-22A Raptor stealth fighter jets to Kadena Air Base, Japan under U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s

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