- ARAB NEWS
- 06 May 2024
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MISAWA, Aomori Pref.: Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono inspected on Sunday an F35-A stealth fighter jet deployed at the Air Self-Defense Force's Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.
In a hangar, Kono sit in the cockpit of an F35-A and had a briefing from a pilot. He also got a firsthand look at an E2-D state-of-the-art early warning plane.
Seventeen F35-As are currently deployed at the Misawa base and a squadron is conducting test operations of them.
Despite the crash of an F35-A that killed a pilot in April last year, the number of F35-A deployed at the base is expected to rise above 20 in fiscal 2020 and a second squadron will be created.
The ASDF is considering F35-A missions such as scrambles and warning and surveillance activities.
JIJI Press
