Japan inaugurates second aircraft carrier with landing of US F-35B

US F-35B lands on Japanese aircraft carrier JS Kaga c US NAvy

Source: Cmdr. Darin Russell/US Navy

Short take-off and landing stealth fighters from a US Navy test squadron made the F-35’s first landing on the JS Kaga – a converted helicopter carrier officially labelled as a multi-functional destroyer by Tokyo and Washington.

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