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Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi expresses "regret" to his U.S. counterpart Lloyd Austin over the resumption of F-16 fighter jet operations without notification, after an incident involving the same type of aircraft in the country.

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet belonging to Misawa Air Base dumps two fuel tanks before making an emergency landing at Aomori Airport in northeastern Japan.

Japan scrambling fighters less often against China as it looks to deploy more F-35s Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If youre not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ An Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth fighter at Misawa Base in Aomori Prefecture | KYODO Kyodo, Staff report Mar 3, 2021 Faced with a barrage of activity in the East China Sea, Japan has decided to only scramble fighter jets when Chinese ...