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[Breaking News]SDF trainer jet crashes

TOKYO, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after a training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo)

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, bows in apology during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after a training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after a training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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SDF trainer jet crashes

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on May 14, 2025, after a training jet with two personnel aboard crashed into a reservoir in Inuyama in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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ASDF 70th anniversary ceremony

Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura, chief of staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, delivers a speech at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 25, 2024, in a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the ASDF.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura (R) attends a joint press conference with Gen. Stephane Mille, chief of staff of the French Air and Space Force, at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura (R) shakes hands with Gen. Stephane Mille, chief of staff of the French Air and Space Force, following a joint news conference at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.

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Japan-France defense cooperation

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Hiroaki Uchikura (R) shakes hands with Gen. Stephane Mille, chief of staff of the French Air and Space Force, during a ceremony marking their first-ever joint fighter jet drill at the ASDF's Nyutabaru Air Base in Shintomi in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 27, 2023.