Japanese F-35 Disappears After Apparent Crash

Credit: F-35As: USAF
BEIJING—A Japanese Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on April 9, having evidently crashed. The single-seat fighter was 135 km (84 mi.) east of Misawa when it disappeared, according to local media reports. The city, at the northern end of Honshu, is the location of a...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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