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JASDF F-15 fighter

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter flies above Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2024, as Japan carries out a joint drill with the U.S. military.

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U.S. Deploys Two B-52H Stratofortress To Romania

Handout file photo dated January 10, 2016 shows a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, conducted a low-level flight in the vicinity of Osan Air Base, South Korea. On July 21, 2024, two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft from the U.S. Air Force’s 2nd Bomb Wing, stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, landed at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase in Romania as part of Bomber Task Force 24-4. During their flight over the Barents Sea, the B-52s, operating in international airspace in compliance with international law, were intercepted by two Russian aircraft around 8 a.m. Central European Time. Despite the interception, the B-52s maintained their flight path and continued their mission as planned, including integration exercises with NATO fighter jets, before landing at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese C919 attends Singapore Airshow rehearsal

STORY: Chinese C919 attends Singapore Airshow rehearsal SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Singapore CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rehearsal flight of C919 STORYLINE: Chinese passenger jet C919 made a rehearsal flight Sunday in Singapore to prepare for the upcoming airshow. Five aircraft developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd., including C919, will meet the public at the airshow. C919 will perform flight demonstrations at the Singapore Airshow 2024, which lasts from Feb. 20 to Feb. 25. The aerial show attracts aerobatic teams from India, Australia, Indonesia and South Korea. Singapore Air Force will send its F-15 fighter jet and Apache attack helicopter to the aerial performances. The event, attended by over 1,000 participating companies, is expected to attract 50,000 trade attendees from over 50 countries and regions. Singapore Airshow will set up the country pavilion for Chinese aerospace enterprises for the

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U.S. sending warships, fighters to Israel: Pentagon chief

STORY: U.S. sending warships, fighters to Israel: Pentagon chief DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of USS Gerald R. Ford carrier 2. various of flight operations STORYLINE: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the Pentagon is sending warships and fighter jets to the Eastern Mediterranean region in a show of support for Israel amid escalating conflicts between Israeli forces and Hamas fighters. Austin said in a statement that he had directed the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, which consists of an aircraft carrier, a guided missile cruiser and four guided missile destroyers, to the Eastern Mediterranean. The Pentagon had also "taken steps to augment U.S. Air Force F-35, F-15, F-16 and A-10 fighter aircraft squadrons in the region," the defense chief said. He added that the U.S. government "will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, incl

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CANADA-ABBOTSFORD-2023 ABBOTSFORD INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW

(230813) -- ABBOTSFORD, Aug. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle aircraft makes an aerial demonstration during the 2023 Abbotsford International Airshow in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, on Aug. 12, 2023. As one of the biggest airshows in Canada, the 2023 Abbotsford International Airshow takes place here from Aug. 11 to Aug. 13. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

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Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 -harjoituksen mediapäivät ja Ilmavoimien komentajan mediatilaisuus

United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter jet seen during Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 live air operations drill in Pirkkala near Tampere, Finland on May 31, 2023. The exercise is hosted by the Air Forces of Finland, Norway and Sweden. Apart from the host nations, the exercise will involve participants from the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Czech Republic and the United States, and NATO with its AWACS aircraft. LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kalle Parkkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 -harjoituksen mediapäivät ja Ilmavoimien komentajan mediatilaisuus

United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter jet seen during Arctic Challenge Exercise 23 live air operations drill in Pirkkala near Tampere, Finland on May 31, 2023. The exercise is hosted by the Air Forces of Finland, Norway and Sweden. Apart from the host nations, the exercise will involve participants from the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, the Czech Republic and the United States, and NATO with its AWACS aircraft. LEHTIKUVA / KALLE PARKKINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Kalle Parkkinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Japan, U.S. fighters to hold drill from Miyazaki ASDF base

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A U.S. F-15 fighter based in Kadena, Okinawa arrives at the Air Self-Defense Force Niutabaru base in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 3 for the fifth joint Japan-U.S. military exercise associated with the reconfiguration of U.S. military forces in Japan. The exercise, to be held on Sept. 4, involves two U.S. F-15 fighters from Kadena and two Japanese F-4 fighters.

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Kadena Air Base

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighter jets (two planes in front) and F-22 stealth fighters at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2013.

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U.S. fighter jet crashes off Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an F-15 fighter jet at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture in February 2010. The Japanese government received information that an F-15 plunged into waters east of the southwestern Japan island prefecture on May 28, 2013. There were no casualties in the incident.

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F-15s resume flights

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011. The air force resumed drills using the F-15s the same day, following their suspension after an external fuel tank fell off a fighter on Oct. 7.

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ASDF official apologizes to Ishikawa gov. over accident

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Shunji Izutsu (L), commander of Komatsu Air Base, offers an apology to Ishikawa Gov. Masanori Tanimoto in the prefectural government office on Oct. 11, 2011, over an accident Oct. 7 involving an F-15 fighter. In the accident, which caused no injuries, an empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter stationed at the Komatsu base.

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F-15 fighter's empty fuel tank falls to ground

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an F-15 fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force. An empty fuel tank fell to the ground from an F-15 fighter near the ASDF Komatsu base in Ishikawa Prefecture on Oct. 7, 2011, shortly before the plane landed at the base after a training flight.

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F-15 fighter's empty fuel tank falls to ground

KANAZAWA, Japan - Police and Self-Defense Forces officers examine part of a fuel tank that fell from an F-15 fighter of the ASDF in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 7, 2011. An empty fuel tank from an F-15 fighter fell to the ground near the ASDF Komatsu base in Ishikawa Prefecture that day, shortly before the plane landed at the base after a training flight.

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Tail of troubled fighter

NAHA, Japan - The vertical tail fin of an F-15 fighter retrieved from the East China Sea is shown to reporters at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 12, 2011. The fighter crashed on July 5 during a training flight over the East China Sea. Its pilot went missing.

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Tail of troubled fighter

NAHA, Japan - The vertical tail fin of an F-15 fighter retrieved from the East China Sea is shown to reporters at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 12, 2011. The fighter crashed on July 5 during a training flight over the East China Sea. Its pilot went missing.

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F-15 fighter goes missing

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an F-15 fighter. A similar fighter from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force went missing during a training flight over the East China Sea on July 5, 2011.

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F/A-18 prototype

ST. LOUIS, United States - Photo shows the latest prototype of the F/A-18 Super Hornet strike fighter unveiled on June 29, 2011, in St. Louis, Missouri. The aircraft is a candidate for Japan's next mainstay fighter to replace the F-15 Eagle fighters, along with F-35 and the Eurofighter Typhoon.

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S. Korea conducts firing drills

POCHEON, South Korea - F-15 fighter jets take part in a major military exercise conducted by the South Korean Army and Air Force at Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on Dec. 23, 2010. The firing drills near the land border with North Korea were conducted to check preparedness against possible further provocation by the North.

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U.S. military's air tanker

NAHA, Japan - A crew member of a U.S. military air tanker fixes the position of an arm to refuel an F-15 air fighter over the Pacific near Okinawa Island on Dec. 8, 2010.

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F-15 at Futenma airbase in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Two F-15 fighter jets (Back) from the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base land at U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2010. The Air Force said F-15s at Kadena base are likely to use Futenma from October as Kadena's runways are expected to undergo repairs.

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F-15 at Futenma airbase in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - An F-15 fighter jet, usually stationed at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base, takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2010. The Air Force said F-15s at Kadena base are likely to use Futenma from October as Kadena's runways are expected to undergo repairs.

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Fighter at Kadena base

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2022, shows an F-15 fighter at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Fighter at Kadena base

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2022, shows an F-15 fighter (front) at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Fighter at Kadena base

File photo taken on Dec. 14, 2022, shows an F-15 fighter (C) at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Joint Japan-U.S. air force drill in Komatsu

KANAZAWA, Japan - A U.S. F-15 fighter lands at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 16 as part of a five-fighter U.S. Air Force squadron participating in a joint Japan-U.S. military drill. The exercise, which will involve up to 12 ASDF F-15s, will begin May 17 and last through May 22.

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Japan, U.S. fighters start joint drill in Fukuoka Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - An F-15 fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force takes off an ASDF base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 6 while F-15 fighters from U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture are preparing for takeoff. A total of eight F-15 fighters are taking part in the first day of a three-day joint drill.

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Japan, U.S. readying for joint fighter drill in Fukuoka Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. personnel climb down from U.S. F-15 fighters which flew to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 5, as part of a Japan-U.S. plan to disperse some air exercises from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture to other parts of Japan.

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Japan, U.S. readying for joint fighter drill in Fukuoka Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - A U.S. F-15 fighter flies into the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 5 as part of a Japan-U.S. plan to disperse some air exercises from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture to other parts of Japan. A total of five F-15 jets arrived from Kadena to begin a three-day dogfight drill on March 6.

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ASDF F-15 jets collide in air, make emergency landing

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an F-15 fighter jet of the Air Self-Defense Force. Two F-15 jets collided above the water northwest of Hokkaido on Sept. 6, ASDF officials said. Both aircrafts made emergency landings at the Chitose air base near Sapporo as they were slightly damaged, but no one was injured, they said.

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Japan, U.S. train for midair refueling

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Pilots of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) and U.S. military prepare to board F-15 fighters for midair refueling drills with U.S. tanker planes at an ASDF base in Miyazaki Prefecture on April 21.

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Resumption of F-15 flight training in central Japan

An F-15 fighter flies near the Komatsu Air Base in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force resumes flight training with the fighter on March 11, 2022. Two pilots were killed when an F-15 fighter crashed into the Sea of Japan in late January.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. An MSDF helicopter can be seen in the foreground.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. An MSDF helicopter can be seen in the foreground.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. A Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter can be seen in the foreground.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Air Self-Defense Force plane searching for an ASDF F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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Search continues for missing fighter jet crew in Sea of Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Feb. 1, 2022, shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat searching for an Air Self-Defense Force F-15 fighter jet that disappeared from radar the previous day over the Sea of Japan after taking off for training with two crew from its base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

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US Air Force To Send Dozens Of F-22 Fighter Jets To The Pacific

Handout file photo dated July 26, 2014 of an F-22 Raptor displays its weapons bays to the crowd , during the Arctic Thunder Open House at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The United States Air Force is sending more than two dozen F-22 stealth fighters to an exercise in the western Pacific this month, an unusually large deployment of the powerful jets that analysts say sends a strong message to a possible adversary in China.Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii this week said approximately 25 F-22s Raptors from the Hawaii Air National Guard and from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, will deploy this month to Guam and Tinian islands for Operation Pacific Iron 2021. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jared Becker via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan, U.S. readying for joint fighter drill in Fukuoka Pref.

FUKUOKA, Japan - U.S. personnel climb down from U.S. F-15 fighters which flew to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 5, as part of a Japan-U.S. plan to disperse some air exercises from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture to other parts of Japan. (Kyodo)

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Joint Japan-U.S. air force drill in Komatsu

KANAZAWA, Japan - A U.S. F-15 fighter lands at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 16 as part of a five-fighter U.S. Air Force squadron participating in a joint Japan-U.S. military drill. The exercise, which will involve up to 12 ASDF F-15s, will begin May 17 and last through May 22. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. fighters to hold drill from Miyazaki ASDF base

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A U.S. F-15 fighter based in Kadena, Okinawa arrives at the Air Self-Defense Force Niutabaru base in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept. 3 for the fifth joint Japan-U.S. military exercise associated with the reconfiguration of U.S. military forces in Japan. The exercise, to be held on Sept. 4, involves two U.S. F-15 fighters from Kadena and two Japanese F-4 fighters. (Kyodo)

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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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U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in show of force

A U.S. B-52 strategic bomber flies over the U.S. Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Jan. 10, 2016, in a show of force following North Korea's fourth nuclear test. The B-52, joined by South Korean F-15 and U.S. F-16 fighters, returned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam after the flight, the U.S. military said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in show of force

A U.S. B-52 strategic bomber flies over the U.S. Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Jan. 10, 2016, in a show of force following North Korea's fourth nuclear test. The B-52, joined by South Korean F-15 and U.S. F-16 fighters, returned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam after the flight, the U.S. military said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASDF major meets press at Naha Base in southern Japan

Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Fumio Miyake explains to the press about the No. 204 Flying Corps' activities in scrambling against foreign aircraft as he stands in front of an F-15 fighter at the ASDF's Naha Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 15, 2015. He stressed that no failure is permitted in scrambling and that a very quick response is indispensable. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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F-15 fighter jets launch for scramble

A pilot boards an F-15 fighter jet at the Air Self-Defense Force Naha base in the southwestern Japanese city of Naha, Okinawa, on April 13, 2015, as actual order for scramble was issued while the ASDF opened its training to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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F-15 fighter jets launch for scramble

A pilot waits for a takeoff signal in the cockpit of an F-15 fighter jet at the Air Self-Defense Force Naha base in the southwestern Japanese city of Naha, Okinawa, on April 13, 2015, as an actual order for scramble was issued while the ASDF opened its training to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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F-15 fighter jets launch for scramble

Two F-15 fighter jets head for the runway at the Air Self-Defense Force Naha base in the southwestern Japanese city of Naha, Okinawa, on April 13, 2015, as an actual order for scramble was issued while the ASDF opened its training to the media. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. B-52 bomber flies over S. Korea in show of force

A U.S. B-52 strategic bomber flies over the U.S. Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, on Jan. 10, 2016, in a show of force following North Korea's fourth nuclear test. The B-52, joined by South Korean F-15 and U.S. F-16 fighters, returned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam after the flight, the U.S. military said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo