Pacific! On March 8, 2025, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214 touched down at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. This historic ...

In terms of absolute weapons payload, the Boeing F-15EX Eagle II is the undisputed king of heavily armed fighter jets.

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for insight into what it takes to refuel and rearm stealth fighters to quickly return to combat missions. Voice, text and video editing belong to The Daily Aviation, ...

The US aircraft formation could be one of the largest "elephant walks" ever in Japan, and featured fighters, drones, and ...

TOKYO -- The U.K., Japan and Italy are willing to bring more countries into their effort to develop a next-generation stealth fighter jet as long as they can contribute to achieving the goal, ...

Japan has stepped up its air defences amid rising tensions in Asia after acquiring three advanced F-35 Lightning II aircraft ...

The exercise reaffirms the intention between Japan and the U.S. not to tolerate unilateral changes to the status quo by force ...

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, based in Yuma, Arizona, recently deployed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

Kadena Air Base, located on the island of Okinawa, is the closest U.S. air base to Taiwan, with a distance of 370 miles. China has long threatened to use force against the self-ruled island of Taiwan, ...

Japan grounded most of its aging military training aircraft on Wednesday after one of the planes crashed minutes after take ...

The aircraft is the first of 42 F-35B Lightning IIs that will be delivered to the Japan Air Self Defense Force. The Japanese ...

Fifty-three military aircraft, ranging from fighter jets to sophisticated reconnaissance craft, lined up in tight formation ...