ASDF pilots scramble against foreign aircraft

ASDF pilots scramble against foreign aircraft

Air Self-Defense Force pilots dash to an F-15 fighter at the ASDF Naha Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2014, as a siren wails in the background. The number of times ASDF fighter jets were scrambled against foreign planes in fiscal 2014 through last March reached the second highest level ever due partly to increasing activity by the Chinese military in the East China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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