Japanese Air Self-defense Force

Japan scrambled four fighter jets to intercept a foreign aircraft -- believed to have been Russian -- which briefly violated its airspace, the defence ministry was reported as saying today.

A fuel tank of a Japanese fighter fell to the ground just before it finished a training flight and landed at its base, authorities said. The empty fuel tank of the F-15 fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force fell near the Komatsu base in Ishikawa prefecture on Friday morning just before the plane finished its training flight and landed, reported...

Japan scrambled four fighter jets to intercept a foreign aircraft -- believed to have been Russian -- which briefly violated its airspace, the defence ministry was reported as saying today.

A fuel tank of a Japanese fighter fell to the ground just before it finished a training flight and landed at its base, authorities said. The empty fuel tank of the F-15 fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force fell near the Komatsu base in Ishikawa prefecture on Friday morning just before the plane finished its training flight and landed, reported...