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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
F-35 fighter jet of Japan Air Self-Defense Force disappears from radar in drill
Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-09 20:09:47|Editor: xuxin
TOKYO, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Defense Ministry officials said one of the F-35 fighter jets of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) disappeared from radar in northern Japan at about 7:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to NHK.
The ASDF officials are currently searching for the fighter jet after it lost contact in a drill.
https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2019-04-09/doc-ihvhiewr4452834.shtml
日本F-35A战斗机从雷达中消失 正进行紧急调查搜索
2019年04月09日 19:47 环球网
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[环球网报道 记者 崔天也]日本广播公司(NHK)最新消息称,日本航空自卫队表示,当地时间9日下午7时27分左右,在位于青森县三泽市东北方向约135公里处的海上,一架隶属于航空自卫队三泽基地的最新型F-35战斗机从雷达中消失。
报道称,机中仅有1名飞行员。在飞机从雷达中消失30分钟前,下午7时左右,该飞行员驾驶战斗机从三泽基地起飞。
目前,航空自卫队正在对具体情况进行紧急调查。海上自卫队的巡逻机及护卫舰等也正出发进行搜索。
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Japan F-35 fighter disappears over Pacific east of Misawa
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A Japanese F-35 stealth fighter jet with one pilot on board disappeared from radar while on a training mission over the Pacific on Tuesday night, the defense ministry said.
The fighter jet went missing at around 7:30 p.m. (1030 GMT) as it was flying some 135 km (84 miles) east of Misawa in northeastern Japan, a ministry spokeswoman said.
It was not immediately clear if it had crashed, the spokesperson said, adding: “We are still trying to search for the aircraft.”
The fate of the pilot was not immediately clear.
The plane lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from Misawa Air Base, public broadcaster NHK said.
The Self-Defence Forces and coastguard dispatched vessels to carry out rescue operations, NHK added.
Japan’s first F-35A fighter squadron based at Misawa became operational on March 29.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190409/p2a/00m/0na/026000c
ASDF F-35 fighter disappears from radar over Pacific: gov't
April 9, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)
File photo taken in January 2018 shows an F-35A Stealth jet at the Misawa base of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Air Self-Defense Force said Tuesday an F-35 fighter jet deployed at Misawa Air Base in northeastern Japan has disappeared from radar over the Pacific.
The fighter was flying off the coast of Aomori Prefecture when radar contact was lost around 7:25 p.m., it said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ntact-with-f-35-stealth-fighter-idUSKCN1RL1FJ
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April 9, 2019 / 8:13 PM / Updated an hour ago
Japan's air force loses contact with F-35 stealth fighter
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Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin gather in a Japan Air Self-Defense Force hangar for the commemorative ceremony welcoming the first operational F-35A Lightning II to JASDF's 3rd Air Wing at Misawa Air Base, Japan, February 24, 2018. Picture taken February 24, 2018. U.S. Air Force/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Handout via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s military said on Tuesday it lost contact with one of its Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters over the Pacific Ocean close to northern Japan.
Japan’s first squadron of F-35s has just become operational at the Misawa air base and the government plans to buy 87 of the stealth fighters to modernize its air defenses as China’s military power grows.
The advanced single-seat jet was flying about 135 km (84 miles) east of the air base in Aomori Prefecture at about 7:27 p.m. (1027 GMT) on Tuesday, when it disappeared from radar, the Air Self Defense Force said.
The military has launched a search for the missing aircraft and its pilot, it said in a statement.
A crash would be only the second time an F-35 has gone down since the plane began flying almost two decades ago. It would also be the first crash of an A version of the fifth-generation fighter designed to penetrate enemy defenses by evading radar detection.
A U.S. military short take off and landing (STOVL) F-35B crashed near the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina in September prompting a temporary grounding of the aircraft. Lockheed Martin also makes a C version of the fighter designed to operate off carriers.
Japan’s new F35s will include 18 short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) B variants that planners want to deploy on its islands along the edge of the East China Sea.
Reporting by Tim Kelly, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Stanley White; Editing by Darren Schuettler
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F35戦闘機、消息絶つ=太平洋上で夜間訓練中-空自
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2019/04/09 23:07
ジェットスター 異例の欠航に批判も
リニアトンネル工事、地上部で陥没
9日午後7時25分ごろ、航空自衛隊の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機F35Aが空自三沢基地(青森県三沢市)東の太平洋上で消息を絶った。無線に応答がなく、墜落した可能性があり、自衛隊が捜索を進めている。
空自によると、消息を絶ったのは、同基地の第3航空団第302飛行隊に所属するF35A。搭乗していたのは40代の3等空佐という。
同機は9日午後7時ごろ、夜間の対戦闘機戦闘訓練のため同型の3機とともに三沢基地を離陸。約25分後に同基地の東約135キロの太平洋上で機影がレーダーから消え、連絡が取れなくなった。事前に異常を知らせる連絡はなく、救難信号は確認されていないという。
F35Aは米ロッキード・マーチン社製の1人乗りで、三沢基地に13機配備されている。
岩屋毅防衛相は9日夜、防衛省で記者団の取材に応じ、「原因は不明だが、人命の救出に全力を尽くす」と述べた。救助活動は夜を徹して続け、同型12機の飛行は当面見合わせるとした。
https://news.headlines.auone.jp/sto...ubgenreid=12&articleid=12280464&cpid=10130017
空自戦闘機がレーダーから消える 太平洋上で墜落か
国内 産経新聞
4/9 21:00
F35A戦闘機=青森県三沢市(酒巻俊介撮影)
9日午後7時30分ごろ、航空自衛隊三沢基地(青森県)の最新鋭ステルス戦闘機F35Aが、同基地の東約135キロ付近の太平洋上を飛行中、レーダーから機影が消えた。墜落した可能性があり、乗員1人が行方不明となっている。防衛省は救難機を派遣し、詳しい状況を調べている。
岩屋毅防衛相は記者団に「まずは捜索、救助に全力を尽くす」と述べた。船舶などへの被害は確認されていないという。空自によると、F35Aは夜間の対戦闘機戦闘訓練をするため、午後7時ごろ4機で三沢基地を離陸し、その後、消息を絶った。
F35Aは老朽化したF4戦闘機の後継機で、昨年1月に三沢基地に初めて配備された。その後、追加配備され、今年3月に12機、80人態勢で飛行隊が新設されたばかりだった。政府は将来的にF35Aを計105機配備することにしており、調達に影響する可能性がある。岩屋氏は当面の間、F35Aの飛行を停止する方針を示した。