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U.S. to deploy more advanced defense capabilities to Philippines
The move comes as Washington seeks to reassure its oldest treaty ally in Asia of its “ironclad” defense commitment amid ...
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Aero club in Japan expands training fleet with $1.3 million twin-engine aircraft
A new $1.3 million twin-engine aircraft has joined the Aero Club fleet at Yokota Air Base, marking a significant expansion of ...
USNI News7d
USS Carl Vinson Drills with Japanese, South Korean Forces; Moscow Draws Complaint from Seoul Over Military Flights
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group carried out trilateral naval drills from this week in the East China Sea with the Japan ...
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Japan selects T-6 Texan II for pilot training programme
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has chosen Textron Aviation Defense’s Beechcraft T-6 Texan II integrated training system to enhance its pilot training programme. The contract's ...
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Marines, Japanese forces prepare for amphibious warfare on Okinawa
KIN BLUE BEACH, Okinawa — An hourlong amphibious landing by U.S. Marines and Japanese troops over the weekend served as the “key bilateral training event” of Iron Fist, a defining exercise ...
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Japan to deploy ASDF fighters to Australia on rotational basis
The joint exercises would be conducted under a scenario of Japan exercising the right to collective self-defense and the Self-Defense Forces counterattacking a military assault against Australian ...