The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting enemy bases has surged to more than 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion), sources ...
The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. "We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the ...
Search operations were continuing Feb. 1 for two pilots of an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous evening over the Sea of Japan, the Defense Ministry said.