The JS Kaga, an 814-foot-long Japanese flattop vessel designed for helicopters and recently modified to accommodate F-35B Lightning II stealth fighters, steams away from Yokosuka, Japan, on Nov. 3. 🎥: Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes #japan #yokosuka #navy | Stars and Stripes

10K views · 427 reactions | 17 SEP, JS #KAGA have left Japan for Indo-Pacific Deployment( #IPD24). She will conduct joint training with navies of other countries to realize a “ #FreeandOpenIndoPacific ”, and will conduct the Development Test to collect the data necessary for ship based operation of F-35B. | 防衛省　海上自衛隊　(Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) | Facebook