A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 lands at Ie Shima Training Facility during simulated Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations on March 14, 2019. U.S. Marine Corps photo
The Japanese air force plans to base 20 of its new F-35B stealth jump jets at Nittahara air base in Miyazaki Prefecture on Japan’s Kyushu Island.
But don’t count on the single-engine stealth fighters spending much time at Nittahara. Local officials told Miyanichi Press some of the jump jets will embark on the new aircraft carrier Kaga, while others will deploy to an island outpost the Japanese military is building on Mageshima, south of the home islands.
The twin detachments—to Mageshima and Kaga—are central to Tokyo’s war plans. Think of the island outpost as an unsinkable aircraft carrier. The carrier, meanwhile, is a moveable island.
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