Japan Retiring RF-4E Reconnaissance Aircraft

SYDNEY—Japan is planning to disband its tactical reconnaissance unit and retire the 13 RF-4E Phantoms that equip it, hangovers from an analogue age that has long since faded into history in other advanced militaries. No direct replacement is planned; the capability is being more than sustained by...

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