Tag: Japan Air Self Defense Force
Northrop Grumman Completes Ferry Flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully ferried the first of Japan’s three RQ-4B Global Hawks via a non-stop transpacific flight. The aircraft departed on Thursday, March...
Japan’s F-15JSI programme moves ahead
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 30 December that it has awarded Boeing a US$471.3 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to...
Asian Air Force Modernisation
Regional tensions have forced the pace for regional air forces to buy new capability or update legacy platforms.
The increasing prospects of a peer-on-peer...
Singapore deploys RSAF A330 MRTT to support Afghanistan evacuation efforts
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has dispatched one of its Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTTs) to assist ongoing international efforts to...
Japan receives KC-46A Pegasus tanker training in the United States
The first group of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) personnel have begun training on the Boeing KC-46A air-to-air refuelling (AAR) tanker-transport aircraft in anticipation...
Northrop Grumman Completes Successful First Flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully completed the first flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk on April 15, 2021 from Palmdale, California. With an unmatched combination...
US military asserts Indo-Pacific presence with simultaneous high-end operations
The United States demonstrated its ability to project its military power in the Indo-Pacific on 9 February, when two US Navy (USN) carrier strike...
Boeing Begins Assembling First KC-46A Tanker for Japan
The Boeing KC-46 team on Friday began assembling Japan’s first next-generation tanker, loading a 82.4-foot (25 meters) long wing spar in the company’s 767...
Japan’s First Frontline F-35 Unit Close to Completion
Jon Lake - The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is expected to form its first frontline Lockheed Martin F-35 unit imminently, using most of...
JASDF Will Get Four E-2D Hawkeye’s by 2020
Jon Lake - Northrop Grumman has been contracted to begin work on the second batch of nine E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning and...
