The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting ...

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force has begun emergency safety inspections on all of its nearly 200 training aircraft after one of the planes crashed minutes after takeoff, officials said Thursday. The T-4 ...

An Air Self-Defense Force aircraft strayed off a runway and came to a halt at Niigata Airport at around 11:50 a.m. Friday. None of the five crew members aboard the U-125A search and rescue aircraft ...

Over the weekend the asdfmovie series of animations got a 14th edition continuing the line of videos stretching back more than a decade. If you’re a bit younger (or don’t spend as much time on the ...

After 13 years on YouTube, he’s wondering if his time is coming to an end (Picture: TomSka) YouTuber TomSka is undeniably best known for his animated series asdfmovie – if you’ve spent any time on the ...

A search continued Thursday for an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from an ASDF base in Aichi Prefecture a day earlier, with the jet’s two crew members ...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) Chief of Staff Shunji Izutsu offers his view on the renaming of the ASDF on Dec. 20, 2022. (Mainichi/Toshiaki Uchihashi) TOKYO -- A top Japan Air Self-Defense Force ...