ASDF F-2 fighter jet crashes in Pacific off east Japan

ASDF F-2 fighter jet crashes in Pacific off east Japan

Gen. Takehiro Morita, chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2025, after an ASDF F-2 fighter jet crashed earlier in the day in the Pacific off Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, during a training flight, with the pilot rescued after ejecting before impact.

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