ジャパンタイムズ

ASDF fighter crashes off Ibaraki Prefecture

The sole pilot on board ejected from the aircraft and was taken to a hospital after being rescued by an ASDF helicopter. The pilot is not injured. "We sincerely apologize for causing concern to the ...
朝日新聞社

No emergency report from crew before ASDF jet disappeared

Crew of an Air Self-Defense Force jet believed to have crashed in a pond in Aichi Prefecture on May 14 did not report abnormalities or eject from the aircraft, Defense Ministry sources said. Rescue ...
毎日新聞

It sounded like an explosion: Witnesses recall ASDF jet crash into central Japan reservoir

Firefighters embark in a boat in Lake Iruka to conduct a search following the crash of a Self-Defense Forces aircraft, in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on May 14, 2025. (Mainichi/Kazuki ...
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Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi

A search continued Thursday for an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from an ASDF base in Aichi Prefecture a day earlier, with the jet's two crew members ...
NHK

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15s visit German air base

Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jets have arrived at an air base in Germany for defense exchanges. Two F-15s landed at Laage Air Base in northeastern Germany on Tuesday. The aircraft belong ...