US EditionVendors Line up to Fill Japan’s F-35 Pilot Training Gap
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Vendors line up to fill Japan’s F-35 pilot training gap
TOKYO — As Japanese defense officials move to upgrade a military training infrastructure hard-pressed to produce F-35 pilots, vendors are proposing new planes to fill a gap.The Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or JASDF, has made small steps to begin turning around what experts have described as an obsolete training ecosystem. Officials have already selected Textron’s T-6JP Texan II as its basic trainer to replace the Fuji T-7, and a T-6 procurement…
Due to possible delays in the development program of the future sixth-generation fighter that would emerge from the GCAP program, Japan would be assessing the possibility of acquiring additional F-35 furtive fighter aircraft from the United States that would serve as a stop gap solution, in view of the future replacement of the Mitsubishi F-2 from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force projected after 2035. In parallel, the Asian country continues to …
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