Two F-35 fighters of the Japanese self-defense forces (ASDF) made an emergency landing in the north-east of the country.
As the Sankei newspaper writes, both aircraft sat at the Aomori Prefecture airfield. Fighters’ landings followed one after another at 12:44 and 12:59 local time, after which they temporarily closed the connecting tracks between the runway and parking.
according to the Aomori Prefecture Administration, damage to the aircraft was not recorded.
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representatives of the authorities clarified that both F-35 were based at the Aomori Prefecture air base in the Aomori Prefecture.
according to the ASAHI newspaper, the cause of emergency landing was presumably the technical malfunction.