US to deploy 16 F-35 stealth fighters at west Japan base next year

[BoQ77]

August 23, 2016 12:04 am JST
YAMAGUCHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government informed the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Monday that the United States plans to deploy 16 F-35 fighters at the U.S. military base there from January to August next year.

It would be the first time that stealth aircraft have been stationed overseas.

High-ranking officials from Japan's defense and foreign ministries visited Iwakuni in western Japan and informed Mayor Yoshihiko Fukuda as well as Yamaguchi Gov. Tsugumasa Muraoka of the planned deployment. The plan is to first deploy 10 F-35 jets in January and six more in August.

Fukuda told Shunsuke Takei, parliamentary vice foreign minister, and Hiroyuki Miyazawa, parliamentary vice defense minister, that his city was frustrated at the lack of information provided to them by the central government and called for details to be given to them in a "swift" manner.

"The (F-35) deployment is simply upgrading the type of aircraft and is not linked to the U.S. military realignment," Takei said during their meeting, which was open to the media.

The Iwakuni base is also expected to accommodate 59 carrier-borne fighter jets from the U.S. Navy's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, around next year, in line with the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan agreed by Tokyo and Washington in 2006. The move is viewed as further strengthening the base's functions.

The United States plans to replace the F/A-18 fighters and the AV-8 Harrier jets at the Marine Corps' Air Station Iwakuni with the F-35B, a variant of the F-35 fighters capable of short takeoffs and vertical landings.

The envisioned deployment of the F-35, which is being developed by an international consortium led by U.S. aircraft giant Lockheed Martin Corp., is part of the U.S. strategic rebalance to Asia amid China's military buildup.

"As this would be the first deployment in Japan, we would like to make inquiries about the aircraft's safety and operation," Fukuda told reporters after their meeting.

Muraoka separately said to reporters he wants to "respect the wishes of residents."

 

[T-Rex]

Good! It means China has a year to induct some J-20s in service before the US deploys F-35s in Japan. China should start mass producing the J-20s on urgent basis and have them flown by her fighter pilots as much as possible. The more flying hours mean better conditioning as far as the pilots of those J-20s are concerned. China should test the skills of her pilots against the best PAF pilots. This way they will be well prepared to take on the Yankee pilots.

 

[gambit]

Good! It means China has a year to induct some J-20s in service before the US deploys F-35s in Japan. China should start mass producing the J-20s on urgent basis and have them flown by her fighter pilots as much as possible. The more flying hours mean better conditioning as far as the pilots of those J-20s are concerned. China should test the skills of her pilots against the best PAF pilots. This way they will be well prepared to take on the Yankee pilots.

Our F-35s are 'stealthier' than the J-20, that means it will be next to impossible for the PLAAF pilots to find us to ram them.

 

[BoQ77]

Good! It means China has a year to induct some J-20s in service before the US deploys F-35s in Japan. China should start mass producing the J-20s on urgent basis and have them flown by her fighter pilots as much as possible. The more flying hours mean better conditioning as far as the pilots of those J-20s are concerned. China should test the skills of her pilots against the best PAF pilots. This way they will be well prepared to take on the Yankee pilots.

In detail, 10 F-35 deployed to Japan in January 2017, means about 5 months later.

 

[T-Rex]

Our F-35s are 'stealthier' than the J-20, that means it will be next to impossible for the PLAAF pilots to find us to ram them.

And the Chinese might claim that their J-20 is stealthier than your F-35, it's your words against theirs. Actual battle will tell the truth.

 

[gambit]

And the Chinese might claim that their J-20 is stealthier than your F-35, it's your words against theirs. Actual battle will tell the truth.

Who has the greater experience here ? Who has more combat experience ? Who has more experience at designing low radar observable aircrafts ?

 

[T-Rex]

Who has the greater experience here ? Who has more combat experience ? Who has more experience at designing low radar observable aircrafts ?

Who do you think had far greater experience in fighting a modern war in 1952? Of course it was the US but it had little bearing upon the outcome of the Korean War. If what you claim had any substance the US would have stopped China right on her track at SCS but the US didn't because your politicians know a lot more about China than you do.

 

[BoQ77]

Who do you think had far greater experience in fighting a modern war in 1952? Of course it was the US but it had little bearing upon the outcome of the Korean War. If what you claim had any substance the US would have stopped China right on her track at SCS but the US didn't because your politicians know a lot more about China than you do.

Soviet Union provide air cover for NK during that war. It implies Soviet Union would interfere if needed

 

[gambit]

Who do you think had far greater experience in fighting a modern war in 1952? Of course it was the US but it had little bearing upon the outcome of the Korean War. If what you claim had any substance the US would have stopped China right on her track at SCS but the US didn't because your politicians know a lot more about China than you do.

The PLA was embarrassed over Desert Storm because of the Korean War. They thought they knew everything there is to know about warfare because of the Korean War.

 

[T-Rex]

The PLA was embarrassed over Desert Storm because of the Korean War. They thought they knew everything there is to know about warfare because of the Korean War.

Why would PLA be embarrassed over Desert Storm? China wasn't involved in fighting, Saddam's third class army was. Present day Arabs are infamous for being cowardly and stupid, can't you tell by looking at your despotic Arab allies? Anyway, the taste of the pudding is in eating, if the US was as you claim really invincible don't you think it would have stopped China from doing whatever she is doing?

 

[sweetgrape]

The PLA was embarrassed over Desert Storm because of the Korean War. They thought they knew everything there is to know about warfare because of the Korean War.

Hehe, You talk too much sh!t, don't need show off you so-called combat experience, we have great experence in kicking you American, even you have much better equipment than PLA? So what, when do you defeat China? and in fact, I don't know when did you Vietnamese flee to American, it is not you honor

 

[gambit]

Why would PLA be embarrassed over Desert Storm? China wasn't involved in fighting,...

You are so clueless.

The PLA submitted a report to the Politburo that basically outlined how the US and allies would defeat the Iraqi Army, but in the same report, the PLA generals agreed that the US and allies would suffer 'Vietnam War level' casualties. That did not happened.

http://www.cyberdefensereview.org/2015/12/03/beyond-capabilities/

The PLA were frightened, yet fascinated, with how IT could be deployed to plan, coordinate, and execute military operations. The DoD’s 2004 report notes that Chinese military strategists studying the first Persian Gulf War observed “how quickly the [US], equipped with high-tech weapons systems, defeated the Iraqi force, which ‘resembled the PLA in many ways’.”

Fast forward. Look at the PLA reformation today. It has American signatures all over.

Now, you can argue that in Desert Storm, the US military did not have the equivalent level of combat experience as the Iraqi Army, who was recently fresh from the war against Irarn.

The problem with that argument is that in Desert Storm, many senior US military leadership were Vietnam War veterans. Colin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf were prominent. They saw that while the US military won the battlefields, they were not supported on the political front. Not only that, they took what they knew of the Vietnam War at the technical level and reformed how the US military would wage a war.

What has the PLA done since its embarrassment from Desert Storm ? Other than trying to make itself look like US ? Nothing. The PLA have contributed NOTHING to the arts and crafts of warfare. It has been trying to catch up to US.

 

[T-Rex]

You are so clueless.

The PLA submitted a report to the Politburo that basically outlined how the US and allies would defeat the Iraqi Army, but in the same report, the PLA generals agreed that the US and allies would suffer 'Vietnam War level' casualties. That did not happened./.

If I'm so clueless how is it that you cannot explain the US timidness in case of China at the SCS? China is doing everything she said she was going to do while the US keeps barking! How do you explain that?

 

[sweetgrape]

If I'm so clueless how is it that you cannot explain the US timidness in case of China at the SCS? China is doing everything she said she was going to do while the US keeps barking! How do you explain that?

Because when confronting China, the great experience that US has is barking

hehe, have to say, we Chinese are impressd by it, but only limited to the equipment, that's all, don't think high of his soldier and tactic, that's all, but so? still don't have experience of defeating China, they are eager for adding it in their honor wall, but fact is, in the disgrace wall.

 

[volatile]

Who has the greater experience here ? Who has more combat experience ? Who has more experience at designing low radar observable aircrafts ?

Who has hacked all the data from LHM ?