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Phantoms in The Mist: This Photoshoot of the Last Samurai F-4s is Epic.
Top Photographers Travel Around the World to Get These Images of The Last Japanese F-4s. It is a shrine. They are here to witness a sacred passing; the last of the Samurai F-4 Phantoms. Top [...]
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You Have To Watch This Crazy Cool Video Of The Last JASDF F-4EJ “OJIRO”...
What an incredible footage of the 302nd Squadron Phantoms! On Mar. 19, 2019, the 302nd Squadron of the Japan Air Self Defense Force made its last flight with the F-4EJ “Kai” Phantom. The 302nd was [...]
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Japanese F-35 Lightning II Stealth Aircraft Reported Missing Over The Pacific...
The aircraft has disappeared at around 19.27LT. The status of the aircraft and its pilot is unknown. According to several Japanese media outlets, an F-35A Lightning II belonging to the Japan Air Self...
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The Hunt for “Grey April”: The Massive Search Operation for a Missing...
U.S. Joins Search Operation for Missing JASDF F-35 Lost in 10,000 Feet of Water. Sections from the left and right rudders of a Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II, serialled...
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You Really Have To Watch This Incredible Slo-Mo Video Of The Last Japanese...
This footage is Phantom Porn. All the remaining F-4 Phantoms of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force are stationed at Hyakuri Base. With the retirement of the F-4EJ “Kai” Phantom of the 302nd Squadron,...
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Sayonara Phantoms! Hyakuri Air Festival retrospective
All the highlights of a memorable airshow. During the first weekend of December the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) held another Air Festival at Hyakuri Air Base, home of the last Japanese F-4...
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Another “Phantastic” Video Shows The Japanese Phantoms Flying The First...
Here are the F-4EJ and RF-4E/EJ jets launching from Hyakuri at the beginning of their last operational year in the JASDF (Japanese Air Self Defense Force). Fantastic (or if you prefer, considered the...
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Here’s Another Cool Video Of Japan’s Last RF-4E Phantoms in Action
We never get tired of videos of the last F-4s coming from Japan! We have published several videos lately and we will continue to post new ones until the Samurai Phantoms continue to operate in [...]
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Hyakuri’s Last Samurais: Japan Air Self Defense Force Phantom Exposed
We visited the base of the last two JASDF Phantom units ahead of the type retirement. With the decommissioning of the 302 Hikotai on March 25, 2019 (Fiscal Year 2018) only two squadrons of the [...]
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“Goodbye Woodpecker”: Dramatic Video Shows JASDF Photo Phantoms Last Flight
“Shark 901”, the first RF-4E imported from the United States to Japan in 1974 was the last aircraft to land. On Mar. 9, 2020, the Japan Air Self Defense Force retired its RF-4E/Js at Hyakuri [...]
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Mitsubishi F-2 “Viper Zero”: Japan’s Fighter Derived From The F-16
JASDF Fighter carries a name that is a combination of the unofficial nickname of the F-16 (“Viper”) and the well-known Mitsubishi A6M Zero. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Japanese Air Self-Defence...
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The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Retires Its Last F-4EJ Phantom Fighters...
After retiring its last F-4EJ Phantom fighters, 301 Hikotai will now relocate to Misawa AB to become the second F-35A unit of the JASDF. The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) celebrated the...
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Japan’s Last Three F-4EJ Phantoms Have Just Flown For The Last Time
The end of an era: the last three JASDF (Japanse Air Self-Defense Force) F-4EJ Phantoms, including the oldest Phantom in Japanese service, have been retired at Gifu Air Base. On March 17, 2021, the...
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First Flight of Japan’s RQ-4B Global Hawk
The first Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk drone for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force has carried out its maiden flight. On Apr. 15, 2021, the first RQ-4B Global Hawk UAV (Unmanned Air Vehicle)...
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Japanese Fighter Pilots To Be Trained At Italy’s International Flight...
Japan joins Qatar and Germany and elects to train JASDF (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) pilots at the Italian Air Force’s and Leonardo’s International Flight Training School (IFTS). The new...
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