The estimated cost of equipping the Air Self-Defense Force’s F-15 fighter jets with “standoff missiles” capable of hitting enemy bases has surged to more than 1 trillion yen ($6.7 billion ...

An Air Self-Defense Force training jet carrying two crew members crashed around a pond in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, on May 14, Aichi prefectural police said.

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.

The Air Self-Defense Force confirmed on Thursday that the remains recovered from a training plane crash last week were those of two crew members. The ASDF's T-4 training aircraft crashed near a ...

TOKYO -- The bodies of two pilots aboard an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) F-15 fighter jet that crashed into the Sea of Japan in late January have been found, the ASDF has announced.

TOKYO -- A top Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) officer said it was appropriate to include the space sector in a plan to rename the body specified in three security-related documents.