Tag: Japan

B-1B Lancer Arrivals at Misawa Air Base Mark First Bomber Task Force Deployment to Japan

Aircraft and personnel assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from Dyess…

Japan Contracts Mitsubishi to Produce New Standoff Precision Missile

Japan is expanding its standoff strike arsenal with a new precision missile…

The JMSDF Retires the U-36A After 37 Years of Service

The U-36A, one of the JMSDF’s most secretive assets, conducted its last…

F-35s Take Over Rotational U.S. Marine Corps Deployments to MCAS Iwakuni

VMFA-214’s F-35s have deployed to Japan in place of long-running F/A-18 Hornet…

U.S. Approves Standard Missile-6 Sale for Japan’s Aegis Destroyers

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other…

U.S. Approves Japan’s Purchase of More AGM-158 JASSMs in $39 Million Deal

After the acquisition of 50 AGM-158B JASSM-ER missiles last year, Japan has…