MHI Rolls Out First F-35 Assembled In Japan

Credit: F-35A: USAF
BEIJING—Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has rolled out the first of 38 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightnings that the company is scheduled to assemble. The aircraft, put together at Nagoya, follows four F-35s that Lockheed Martin assembled for the Japanese Air Force at the program’s main plant in Fort...
Bradley Perrett

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

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