{"id":6239,"date":"2025-08-12T08:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2025-08-12T08:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:27:24","slug":"the-japan-self-defense-forces-confirmed-that-british-f-35b-fighters-had-landed-on-a-japanese-aircraft-carrier-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=6239","title":{"rendered":"The Japan Self-Defense Forces confirmed that British F-35B fighters had landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US and British F-35B fighter jets landed on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga during a joint training Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Kyodo news agency reported.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i class=\"pic-con\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6240 aligncenter\" title=\"d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5.jpg\" alt=\"d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5.jpg 900w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/d2ce394b6bd77bc35587a25f99b09603u5-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/i><br \/>\nThe British military posted photos of the F-35B landing on the Kaga on social media.<\/p>\n<p>August 4-12, the United States, Britain, Japan and other countries at sea in the western Pacific waters to carry out joint training. US and British F-35B fighter jets landed on the Japanese carrier-to-be Kaga during joint training, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force said Wednesday. Japanese media said that this is the first British fighter aircraft landed on a Japanese aircraft carrier, the U. S. F-35B fighter aircraft had been in the\u201cKaga\u201d and its equivalent vessels, \u201cCloud\u201d on the landing. The British military had earlier released photographs of the aircraft landing with the caption\u201cThere is a first time for everything\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The British F-35B fighter jet landed on the Kaga from the Prince of Wales British aircraft carrier, which docked at the US United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Japan on Sunday. Notably, on August 10, an unreported F-35B Prince of Wales made an emergency landing in the Kagoshima Airport due to equipment failure. As of Thursday, the aircraft was still stuck in the Kagoshima Airport.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Kaga&#8217;s \u201cCarrier modification\u201d will be completed before the 2028. On August 7, three F-35B fighter jets arrived in the Miyazaki Prefecture Nyutabaru Air Base from Guam, the Japan Self-Defense Forces&#8217;s first completed deployment, Kyodo said. Japan will refer to the US and UK experience, to promote carrier-based fighter aircraft in the\u201cKaga\u201d and other quasi-carrier deployment.<\/p>\n<p>In late 2018, the Japanese government revised the defense outline and other documents, decided to helicopter destroyers\u201cIzumo\u201d and\u201cKaga\u201d to carry out\u201cAircraft carrier\u201d modification. Modified to carry about 20 F-35B VTOL stealth fighters, becoming a real aircraft carrier, this is Japan in World War II defeat in 1945 after the surrender of the first carrier-based fighters. On August 8, military expert Zhang Junshe told the global times that the first batch of F-35B fighter Japan Self-Defense Forces had been deployed, \u201cThe &#8216;cloud&#8217;-class &#8216;carrier&#8217; transformation is one of the important actions of Japan to break through the restrictions of the &#8216;Peace Constitution&#8217; and seek to realize the so-called &#8216;military normalization&#8217; . The development and procurement of offensive weapons by Japan will worsen the regional security situation and undermine regional peace and stability. It is a blatant provocation to the international order and deserves the international community&#8217;s utmost attention.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US and British F-35B fighter jets landed on the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga during a joint training Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Kyodo news agency reported. 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