UK Aircraft Carrier Operates under NATO Command for First Time
A UK Royal Navy (RN) Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier has operated under NATO command for the first time.
25 Nov 2023
A UK Royal Navy (RN) Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier has operated under NATO command for the first time.
03 Oct 2023
The first batch of Japanese F-35Bs should arrive in Japan next year. The JSDF is getting ready for carrier operations with the new aircraft...
05 Jul 2023
Japan will cooperate with the Italian Navy in the operation of the F-35B aircraft, the chief of the Japan Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) said.
25 Apr 2023
JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga has left its dock for the first time after modifications to operate F-35B fighter jets.
28 Dec 2022
Modification work to turn Japan's JS Kaga "helicopter destroyer" into a F-35B aircraft carrier are nearing completion at a dock in Kure City.
18 Apr 2022
The modifications to Kaga, second of the Izumo-class helicopter destroyer (DDH) began at the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in late March.
26 Dec 2021
Naval News reached out to the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in December 2021 for an update on the F-35 and how the U.S. Defense Department views the latest developments in peer nations...
05 Oct 2021
At the request of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 successfully conducted the first ever landing of two F-35B Lightning II aircraft aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo on October 3, 2021.
05 Oct 2021
A United States Marine Corps (USMC) F-35B short take off vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft was tested for the first time aboard JS Izumo, a helicopter carrier (local designation: helicopter destroyer) of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF).
01 Oct 2021
Japan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced this week that United States Marine Corps F-35B aircraft will start a campaign of tests aboard JS Izumo, a helicopter carrier (local designation: helicopter destroyer) of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF).