Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...

F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing ...

Japan's JS Kaga arrived in San Diego in September to work with US forces on integrating the F-35 onto the newly converted ...

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighter has for the first time operated aboard Japan’s biggest in-service warship, the ...

A U.S. F-35 stealth fighter jet has successfully landed on Japan’s Kaga helicopter carrier for the first time, as part of moves to turn the Kaga and its sister ship, the Izumo, into full-fledged ...

The Kaga, previously a helicopter carrier technically identified as a destroyer, finished its conversion into a flattop capable of launching and recovering F-35Bs in April. The modifications ...

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This is Kaga's first deployment since modifications to operate F-35Bs, including a redesigned bow akin to U.S. amphibious assault ships. -Despite not officially labeling it an aircraft carrier due ...

The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate the F-35B and be used as a ‘Lightning Carrier’. The tests off the southern coast of California also pave the way for an increased ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...

The carrier Kaga discovered on October 16 was the first sunken Japanese aircraft carrier to ever be found. Kaga and Akagi are two of four Japanese fleet carriers that sunk during the battle.