It also features the message “C-1 Forever” on the left side of the fuselage, reminiscent of the “Phantom Forever” messages on some of the JASDF’s F-4 as they faced retirement back in 2021.

The JASDF transport aircraft at work at Iruma Air Base. Developed beginning in 1966 with production started in 1971, the Kawasaki C-1 is a twin-engined short-range military transport aircraft in ...

(Janes) The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) scrambled its fighter aircraft 235 times in the first quarter of 2022. This represents a 65% increase over scrambles in a similar period in 2021.

TOKYO–Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has unveiled its own advanced jet trainer, adding into the growing list of manufacturers to partake in the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF ...

The Ministry of Defense has boosted the number of F-15 fighters at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Naha Air Base in Okinawa to about 40 -- an increase of around 1.5 times -- and created a ...

a JPY15 billion (USD143.1 million) contract for the development of an aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) capable of conducting electronic warfare (EW) operations at stand-off ...