Japanese Air and Self Defence Force F-35s



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    JASDF F-35A #69-8701 is photographed recovering after its second test flight from NAS Fort Worth on August 27th, 2016. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    JASDF F-35A #69-8701 is flown out of NAS Fort Worth on August 27th, 2016 during one of it's first flights after leaving the factory. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    Gen. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, JASDF Chief of Air Staff, address the ceremony audience as Japan’s first F-35A aircraft is revealed at the Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on September 23rd, 2016. [Lockheed Martin photo by Beth Steel]
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    JASDF F-35A #69-8702 is coming in for landing at NAS Fort Worth after a testflight on December 19th, 2016. [Photo by Dave C.]
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    JASDF F-35A #69-8703 is taking off from at NAS Fort Worth to perform a testflight on December 19th, 2016. [Photo by Dave C.]
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    JASDF F-35A #69-8702 is spotted landing at Luke AFB in January of 2017. [Photo by Falcon505]
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    JASDF F-35A #69-8701 is spotted landing at Luke AFB in January of 2017. [Photo by Falcon505]
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    JASDF F-35A #79-8704 is spotted on a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on January 27th, 2017. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    JASDF F-35A #79-8704 is coming in for landing after a test flight at NAS Fort Worth on January 27th, 2017. [Photo by Keith Snyder]
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    JASDF F-35A #68-8701 flown by Lt. Col. Nakano, Japan Air Self-Defense Force national representative pilot to Luke AFB, prepares to depart on February 7th, 2017 on his first solo sortie at Luke AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Louis Vega Jr.]
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    JASDF F-35A #79-8703 is coming in for landing at Luke AFB on February 14th, 2017. [Photo by Chris Pasley]
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    JASDF F-35A #79-8705 (AX-05), the first Japanese-assembled F-35A, was unveiled in Nagoya on June 5th, 2017. The aircraft was built at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility. The Japan F-35 FACO is operated by MHI with technical assistance from Lockheed Martin and oversight from the US government. [Photo by Thinh Nguyen]
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    The first F-35A (of 38) to be assembled in Japan at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) F-35 Final Assembly & Check-Out (FACO) facility in Nagoya was unveiled on June 5th, 2017. [Lockheed Martin photo by Thinh Nguyen]
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    JASDF F-35A #79-8706 is coming in for landing at Nagoya AB on October 5th, 2017. [Airliners.net photo by KS - SJST Spotters]
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    Maj. Elijah Supper, Defense Contract Management Agency government flight representative, taxis F-35A #79-8705 on the runway at Misawa AB on November 2nd, 2017. To ensure the jet safely makes it to the United States, Supper stopped at Misawa AB to undergo safety checks on the aircraft before flying across the ocean. [USAF photo by SrA. Brittany A. Chase]