Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test.

The $1 billion carrier JS Kaga belongs to Japan, which is adding fixed-wing aircraft to some of its ships for the first time ...

F-35B has successfully landed on the Japanese flattop JS Kaga for the first time, marking another step in enhancing ...

Senior officials from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force joined the crew of the JS Kaga, as F-35B pilots from ...

The F-35 is a fifth-generation stealth aircraft manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Japan's JS Kaga arrived in San Diego in ...

Unlike its two sister variants, the F-35A and the F-35C, the F-35B can land vertically like a helicopter and take off in very short distances according to its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, allowing ...

The JS Kaga’s flight deck was modified to operate ... This was preceded by JMSDF officials visiting the Italian Navy’s ITS Cavour aircraft carrier late in August to study F-35B operations ...

Fighter aircraft ... aircraft carrier for the first time. A Lockheed Martin F-35B from the US Navy’s (USN’s) Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 successfully landed aboard the JS Kaga on ...

Kaga's successful modification also paves the way for another Japanese helicopter carrier, JS Izumo, to be converted into an aircraft carrier. Japan has been dramatically overhauling its Self ...

The US landed an F-35 stealth fighter on Japan's new aircraft carrier for the first time. US and Japanese forces are integrating the short-takeoff/vertical landing F-35B onto the JS Kaga.