ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

KOMAKI, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel prepare to board a KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft at the ASDF base in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the early hours of March 8, 2026, bound for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to support the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid an escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. (Kyodo)

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft takes off at the ASDF base in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the early hours of March 8, 2026, bound for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to support the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid an escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft takes off at the ASDF base in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the early hours of March 8, 2026, bound for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to support the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid an escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel prepare to board a KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft at the ASDF base in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the early hours of March 8, 2026, bound for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to support the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid an escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

ASDF transport plane departs for Maldives

Japan Air Self-Defense Force personnel board a KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft at the ASDF base in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, in the early hours of March 8, 2026, bound for the Maldives in the Indian Ocean to support the possible evacuation of Japanese nationals from the Middle East amid an escalating conflict following U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft prepares to take off from the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2023, to transport tents and other relief goods to Turkey following the Feb. 6 devastating earthquake in the country and Syria.

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft prepares to take off from the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2023, to transport tents and other relief goods to Turkey following the Feb. 6 devastating earthquake in the country and Syria.

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

ASDF aircraft to transport relief goods to quake-hit Turkey

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft takes off from the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 14, 2023, to transport tents and other relief goods to Turkey following the Feb. 6 devastating earthquake in the country and Syria.

ASDF fuel tanker aircraft makes emergency landing

ASDF fuel tanker aircraft makes emergency landing

KAKAMIGAHARA, Japan - A KC-767 fuel tanker aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force makes an emergency landing at the ASDF's Gifu Air Base in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on Dec. 12 after it became unable to retract its refueling boom while on a flight.

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft arrives at the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 13, 2022, after ending its mission to airlift bulletproof vests and helmets to Ukraine in Japan's first delivery of defense supplies to the war-torn country amid the Russian invasion.

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft arrives at the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 13, 2022, after ending its mission to airlift bulletproof vests and helmets to Ukraine in Japan's first delivery of defense supplies to the war-torn country amid the Russian invasion.

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

Japan's mission to send defense supplies to Ukraine

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force KC-767 aerial refueling and transport aircraft arrives at the ASDF's Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 13, 2022, after ending its mission to airlift bulletproof vests and helmets to Ukraine in Japan's first delivery of defense supplies to the war-torn country amid the Russian invasion.

ASDF fuel tanker aircraft makes emergency landing

ASDF fuel tanker aircraft makes emergency landing

KAKAMIGAHARA, Japan - A KC-767 fuel tanker aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force makes an emergency landing at the ASDF's Gifu Air Base in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on Dec. 12 after it became unable to retract its refueling boom while on a flight. (Kyodo)