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Tango01 | 26 Apr 2016 11:40 a.m. PST |
…Times in 2015. "The Japan Air-Self Defense Force (JASDF) had to dispatch its fighter jets 571 times during fiscal year 2015 to intercept Chinese military aircraft approaching or intruding Japanese airspace, Japan's Defense Ministry revealed, according to The Japan Times. This number constitutes an all-time high since the defense ministry's Joint Staff Office began to keep records in fiscal year 2001 and also marks a significant increase from 2014 with 464 sorties. Japan's fiscal year ends in March. The JASDF has recorded the most Chinese activity in the East China Sea around a group of uninhabited islands there, known in Japan as the Senkakus and in China as the Diaoyus and claimed by both countries. The JASDF Southwestern Composite Air Division also reported an increasing Chinese presence between the islands of Okinawa and Miyako…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 26 Apr 2016 2:33 p.m. PST |
Yep. They've intercepted an awful lot of Russian jets too. Worries are their aircraft are wearing out, with no sign of the F-35 replacements being operational any time soon. |
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