Japan doubles fighter jets deployed for scrambles against China
The Air Self-Defense Force has doubled the number of planes it scrambles against airspace intrusions from two to four as Chinese planes keep approaching the Senkaku Islands.
Japanese, British air forces to face off for first time since war
British fighter planes will take on Japanese aircraft for the first time since World War II in aerial combat drills following the arrival in Japan on Saturday of four Royal Air Force Typhoon Eurofighters. The joint practice at Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture was ...
Beijing Reuters, Kyodo China's Defense Ministry said Friday that Japanese surveillance activities threaten the safety of Chinese ships and aircraft. The complaint came two days after Japan said it had been scrambling defense jets at a rate unseen since the Cold War. The Air Self-Defense Force ...
Japan scrambled jets against Chinese planes 138 times from October to December
Air Self-Defense Force fighter jets scrambled against Chinese aircraft 138 times in the last three months of 2013, second only to first three months of last year, when they scrambled 146 times, the Defense Ministry's Joint Staff said Tuesday. The ministry has been closely monitoring ...
No Chinese jets scrambled: Japan
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera denies China's claim it scrambled fighter jets in response to Self-Defense Forces aircraft entering its new air defense zone.
