Stunning images recently released show the stealth fighter F-35B performing landings and takeoffs on the deck of the JS Kaga, Japan’s first aircraft carrier to be operated since World War II.

The transformation of Japan’s JS Kaga and JS Izumo into F-35B-compatible ... 42 of the fifth-generation stealth fighters. The ...

These changes have given the Kaga the appearance of an aircraft carrier. However, the Japanese government has been careful to avoid calling its modified Izumo-class destroyers aircraft carriers ...