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S-400 Negotiations Locked
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Airbus to Strengthen Cooperation With Turkey
January 25, 2018Self Defence Mission for F-35
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Japan is to deploy its first F-35 aircraft to Misawa base later this month. Japan Air Self-Defence Force plans to deploy 9 out of 42 aircraft contracted for the service by the end of 2018. The advanced aircraft is Japan's next-generation mainstay fighter under a Defence Ministry plan.Â