Japan's First F-35B Delivery Slips To Fiscal 2025

F-35B on Izumo class ship

A U.S. F-35B operates from a Japanese Izumo-class helicopter carrier.

Credit: US Navy Photo/Alamy Stock Photo
Delivery of Japan’s first Lockheed Martin F-35B is no longer expected before March 31, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Jan. 10. The first aircraft initially was planned to be handed over by the close of Japan's fiscal 2024 at the end of March. Nakatani told local reporters in a press...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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