Rin Sakurai

Rin Sakurai is a military aviation photographer and contributor to The Aviationist. Although interested in anything to do with post-WWII military aviation, he is particularly interested in East Asian air forces and experimental fighter aircraft. He is studying in high school, and is active on Instagram, X (formerly twitter) and Bluesky
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Japan Begins Captive-Carry Flight Tests Of Air-Launched Type 25 Anti-Ship Missile

Photographs from Gifu Air Base show F-2B prototype 63-8101 carrying the new…

End of an Era: JASDF Dismantles C-1 Prototype 002

The JASDF dismantled the C-1 transport aircraft’s second prototype and last flying…

China’s New Medium Airlifter Has Flown for the First Time

China’s new turboprop-powered medium airlifter built by Xi’an Aircraft Corporation, dubbed Y-30,…

Chitose Set To Be Japan’s Next F-35A Base

The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced plans for a squadron at Chitose…

China Shows GJ-11 UCAV Flying with J-20 in First Public Clip

An operational GJ-11 was shown for the first time flying with a…

Russia Shows Off Su-57’s Internal Weapons Bays for the First Time

In a recently released video, the United Aircraft Corporation showed off T-50-9…