The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on Tuesday released video footage of an F-35B landing aboard the JS Kaga, an ...

The JS Kaga's flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier'. The tests off the southern ...

The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...

Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.

Japanese big deck JS Kaga (DDH-184) wrapped trials for F-35B Lightning II off the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said this ...

Senior officials from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the crew of the JS Kaga, as F-35B pilots from ...

F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing ...

Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...

An F-35B Lightning II landed Sunday aboard the helicopter destroyer JS Kaga off San Diego’s coast, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force announced Monday on social platform X. The Kaga ...

This marked the first deployment of JS Kaga since the warship underwent operations that will enable it to operate with the F-35B, the STOVL Lightning II variant. "The trials will pave the way for ...

The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern coast of California also pave the way for an increased ...