Exactly 2 years earlier, a UNITED STATE Marine Corps F-35B carried out the very first takeoff and landing test on JS Izumo The occasion noted the very first time considering that the Imperial Japanese Navy that a set wing airplane removed from a Japanese vessel.
On August 31 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Defense introduced its fiscal year 2024 defense budget request with $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen), the biggest one to day. Earlier spending plan strategies put needed funds to customize both existing “Helicopter Destroyers” of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Izumo (DDH-183) as well as JS Kaga (DDH-184) right into a set of carrier along with acquiring 42 Lockheed Martin F-35B Short Take-Off as well as Vertical Landing (STOVL) boxers for the Japan Air …