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Japan’s JS Kaga Shows Off New Bow
JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga has left its dock for the first time after modifications to operate F-35B fighter jets.
25 April 2023
JMSDF Izumo-class helicopter carrier JS Kaga has left its dock for the first time after modifications to operate F-35B fighter jets.
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.
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.
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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.
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).
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).
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On June 25, 2021, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) DDH Izumo arrived at its home port, Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture, after a year and three months of modifications.
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