Reportedly Wreckage from a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet has been found a day after it disappeared off the radar over the Pacific, the country's defense minister said on Wednesday, 10 April. Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said “There was no word yet on the fate of the one pilot on board the jet”. He told reporters "We have collected part of its tail" in search operations at sea with planes and vessels”.

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He also added "We believe it crashed”. Furthermore the fighter jet went missing around 7:30 pm (16:00 IST)on Tuesday, 9 April, as it was flying some 135 kilometers east of Misawa, northeastern Japan, on a training mission and further the plane lost contact about 30 minutes after taking off from Misawa Air Base with three other aircraft.

 


Perhaps Japan is deploying F-35As, each of which costs more than 10 billion yen (USD 90 million), to replace the ageing F-4 fighter jet. Moreover the jet was one of 13 F-35s deployed at the base and according to a defense official the remaining 12 F-35A fighters have been grounded for the time being, according to the defense ministry. (AFP)


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