The Japanese Air Self Defense Force on Thursday deployed its first three F-35B stealth fighters in southwestern Japan.

Japan has received its first three F-35B stealth fighter jets at an air base in the south. This move aims to strengthen defenses amid growing regional tensions.

Spain has formally abandoned plans to acquire the American F-35 stealth fighter, opting instead to go “all-in” on the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) sixth-generation program. -While the move provides a much-needed political and financial boost to the embattled European initiative,