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5 days ago · While the country’s air forces currently rely on US-made fifth-generation fighters, including the F-35s, Japan wants to minimize or completely eliminate its dependence on a foreign supplier: as such, the country is working on its sixth-generation F-X program to replace the aging F-2 fighters.
4 days ago · Kadena, Japan is just 400 miles from mainland China. The Air Force is pushing more stealthy fifth-generation fighters closer to China, which is great in peacetime but not so great in...
5 days ago · Some of the largest military powers are either working independently or joining hands to establish their sixth-generation combat aircraft programs. While fifth-generation aircraft are referred to as those built in the late 1990s or early 2000s, the new-generation programs are expected to feature technologies that do not yet exist.
1 day ago · Japan wanted an aircraft that could maintain dominance in its airspace and win in a dogfight. It had its heart set on securing the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor from the US, considered the world’s best air superiority fighter jet. However, the US government banned the sale of the F-22 Raptor to other countries to protect its secrets.
3 days ago · Co-development of Next-Generation Aircraft. On December 9, 2022, the leaders of the UK, Italy, and Japan issued a Joint Leader's Statement regarding cooperation in the joint development of next-generation fighter aircraft, and the three countries signed on December 14, 2023.
5 days ago · As for the export of jointly developed equipment to non-partner third countries, the government decided in March to only allow the export of next-generation fighter jets, which Japan will...
6 days ago · Thai air force to replace 12 fighter jets with new planes. BANGKOK -- Thailand's air force chief will fly to Sweden and the U.S. this month to discuss details of a planned procurement of new ...
