The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or J.A.S.D.F., will adopt the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II, officials said in late November.

On this day in aviation history, December 18, 1940, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber made its first flight. Plagued ...

JS Kaga (DDH-184) – returned to its homeport of Kure on Sunday following a three-month deployment to the United States to ...

Japan is preparing to fly V-22s with additional flight restrictions following a Friday notification from Naval Air Systems ...

A Japanese helicopter destroyer, which bears the same name as an aircraft carrier that took part in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, visited the Hawaiian harbor on Tuesday.

An American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on Friday returned to its home port in Japan, a security ally of the United States, for forward deployment to patrol waters near China. The United ...

Two Air Self-Defense Force C-2 transport aircraft departed from Miho Air Base in Tottori Prefecture on the morning of Oct. 3 to evacuate Japanese nationals from Lebanon, which Israel has invaded.

The T-6 Texan II, reportedly in a customized T-6JP variant, will be used by the JASDF as its new primary trainer to replace ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Japanese government has selected a new U.S.-built basic trainer aircraft and associated ground equipment for its air force’s pilot training program. The Japan ...