Japan scrambled fighter jets to respond to Russian bombers, fighters and a surveillance plane at least four times this week ...

Japan fighter aircraft were scrambled 448 times in the last nine months – a 14 percent decrease from the same timeframe last ...

You may have heard about Japanese fighter jets touring Europe, as well as a few other locations. Here's why they were visiting international locations.

Japan regularly intercepts Russian forces near its territorial waters and airspace.

Japan now operates dozens of advanced F-35 stealth fighters—including the F-35B STOVL variant, based on its two quasi-aircraft carriers. Eighty years ago, following its defeat in World War II, Japan ...

The U.S. is scheduled to deploy 48 F-35A aircraft to Misawa Air Base in Japan to replace 36 older F-16 jets.

Japan is deploying eight aircraft to bases in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Here, a pilot with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force simulates take-off procedures during a July 15 exercise at MCAS Iwakuni, ...

TOKYO — Japanese fighters and United States strategic bombers made a show of force together Wednesday, a day after 11 Chinese and Russian aircraft flew routes close to Japan and South Korea. Japan ...

The brothers, one a KC-135 refueling pilot, the other an F-35 fighter pilot, met in the sky on a refueling mission in ...