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F-15J
![Japan Sees Rise in Fighter Scrambles Against Chinese Aircraft Japan Sees Rise in Fighter Scrambles Against Chinese Aircraft](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-14-144330.jpg)
Japan Sees Rise in Fighter Scrambles Against Chinese Aircraft
By Kosuke Takahashi
In the first half of 2022, Japan witnessed a 14 percent increase in scrambles triggered by foreign military aircraft approaches.
![US State Department Approves Possible F-15J Modernization Sale for Japan US State Department Approves Possible F-15J Modernization Sale for Japan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
US State Department Approves Possible F-15J Modernization Sale for Japan
By Ankit Panda
The F-15J modernization package would supplement other Air Self-Defense Force programs.
![Japan Air Self Defense Force: Intercepts Down 23 Percent Japan Air Self Defense Force: Intercepts Down 23 Percent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3357666.jpg)
Japan Air Self Defense Force: Intercepts Down 23 Percent
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The number of Japan Air Self Defense Force scrambles decreased by 23 percent during fiscal year 2017.
![How Did Japan Lose Its Air Superiority Advantage? How Did Japan Lose Its Air Superiority Advantage?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-3357666.jpg)
How Did Japan Lose Its Air Superiority Advantage?
By Abraham Ait
Once one of the world’s most capable air forces, Japan now finds itself outmatched in air-to-air combat capabilities.
![Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_20-09-57.jpg)
Japan Air Self-Defense Force: Chinese Intercepts Down 50, Russia Up 60 Percent
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Following a record high in 2016, the number of Chinese military aircraft approaching Japanese airspace was almost cut in half from April to June 2017.
![China Accuses Japan of Endangering its Military Aircraft China Accuses Japan of Endangering its Military Aircraft](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-19_20-09-57.jpg)
China Accuses Japan of Endangering its Military Aircraft
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Beijing slammed Japan’s air force for scrambling jets and locking radars on to Chinese military aircraft.
![United Kingdom and Japan Hold First-Ever Joint Fighter Exercise United Kingdom and Japan Hold First-Ever Joint Fighter Exercise](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-10-25_15-02-25.jpg)
United Kingdom and Japan Hold First-Ever Joint Fighter Exercise
By Franz-Stefan Gady
For the first time since the end of World War II, British fighter aircraft are ‘targeting’ Japanese warplanes.
![Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Chinese and Japanese Fighter Jets Come Close to Dogfight in East China Sea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japanese aircraft purportedly used fire-control radars to lock onto two PLAAF warplanes flying over the East China Sea.
![Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015 Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Japan's Fighter Jets Intercepted Chinese Aircraft 571 Times in 2015
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The number of sorties flown to ward off Chinese intrusions into Japan’s airspace has risen substantially.
![Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-02-01_10-54-12.jpg)
Japan Forms New Air Wing to Fend off China’s Advances in East China Sea
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Tokyo has recently doubled the number of fighter jets stationed at Okinawa's Naha Air Base.
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