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With F-35s on the horizon, Air Force base in Japan activates new munitions squadron

The stealth fighters’ deployment to Misawa is part of a sweeping U.S. force realignment in Japan, which also includes the ...
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Russia, China Simulate Attack on Enemy Submarine in Sea of Japan Drills

The Russian Navy and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) simulated attacks on an adversarial submarine and an amphibious ...

The Atomic Age began 80 years ago when the U.S. dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in Japan's surrender, ending World War II and ushering in the Atomic Age.
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Royal Navy and JMSDF to Cooperate on F-35B Lightning II Operations

The HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike Group will link up with the Japanese task group of the JS Kaga to practice combined ...
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U.S. Warships Join U.K., Japan for Big Deck Drills

U.S. warships are joining the U.K. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) and Japan’s Kaga Task Group to drill in the Philippine Sea this ...

Japan commemorates 80 years since atomic bombing of Hiroshima

The 80th anniversary of this pivotal event in history is a particularly notable one, as it will be the last milestone for most of the few remaining survivors.

‘We came that close’: RI vet recalls kamikaze attack and Japan's historic surrender

Rhode Island native John DeLeo served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and is one of the last living witnesses to the ...
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U.K. Carrier Strike Group, Japan to Test F-35B Fighter Capabilities

A U.K. Carrier Strike Group and a Japanese destroyer carrier will test joint F-35 Lighting II fighter capabilities near Japan ...