The US Air Force is expected to station F-35 fighter jets at Misawa Air Base, a major base in northern Honshu.

While training with the F-35s is being carried out on land, the aircraft will eventually be transferred to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF's) two Izumo-class destroyers. The Japanese ...

European nations remain integral to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II program, contributing approximately 25% of the aircraft's components through a network of major aerospace contractors. Of the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's first three F-35B stealth fighter jets arrived Thursday at an air base in the south of the country, its latest move to fortify defenses as tensions in the region grow. The new ...

Japan has taken delivery of its first Lockheed Martin F-35B stealth fighters. An initial batch of three jets were ferried by US pilots to Nyutabaru air base in Japan’s southern Miyazaki region on 7 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is in advanced talks to supply parts for the F-35 stealth fighter to Britain's BAE Systems, in what would be the first involvement of a Japanese ...