The Defense Ministry is looking at deploying new F-35A state-of-the-art stealth fighters to Air Self-Defense Force bases other than the current host, the Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, reported The Japan Times. “When the number of F-35s increases, new fighters may be deployed to bases other than Misawa that currently operate fighter jets,” a ministry official said. “As we need to gain approval from local communities, we have not decided yet where to deploy them.”
In another report, the Japanese Defence Ministry has requested for a whopping ¥5.49 trillion budget for fiscal 2021. A dispute between China and Japan looks imminent as both the countries lay claim on the Senkaku / Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.
Earlier, Tokyo announced the plan to procure 147 F-35 jets which would replace the F-16 warplanes....MORE
