All five Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35As which had been based at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona for crew training arrived at Misawa Air Base on Honshu Island on May 28. They joined Rinji F-35A Hikotai (Special F-35A Squadron), which will assume the lineage of 302 Hikotai when it retires its F-4 Phantoms.
Japan’s F-35As move to Misawa
Originally published in AIR International Magazine
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