An Air Self-Defense Force training jet carrying two crew members crashed around a pond in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on May 14, Aichi prefectural police said. Rescue and emergency services have been ...

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 ...

TOKYO, Aug 7, (Xinhua): A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) F2 fighter jet crashed on Thursday off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture in eastern Japan during a training exercise, with the lone pilot ...

The Defense Ministry plans to begin deploying fighter jets to Australia on a rotational basis as early as next fiscal year for joint exercises designed to counter a possible attack Down Under, sources ...

A former member of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) has filed a lawsuit against the government and a male colleague, claiming the ASDF failed to prevent contact by the colleague who molested ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatics team is seen flying above central Tokyo, in this photo taken at the Ministry of Defense in the capital's Shinjuku Ward on Aug. 24, 2021, the ...

The Air Self-Defense Force unit flying transport operations between Kuwait and Iraq may be withdrawn by the end of the year, the government said Thursday. The ASDF and a Ground Self-Defense Force ...

Former Air Self-Defense Force chief Toshio Tamogami on Monday was sentenced to 22 months in prison, suspended for five years, after being found guilty of making illegal payments to his campaign staff ...