Rumors of a Japanese fighter deployment to Britain were confirmed on Aug. 29, 2025, when UK Defence Secretary John Healey confirmed in his speech at the Pacific Future Forum, Tokyo, that JASDF F-15Js would arrive in the UK in the coming weeks.

Speaking on board aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09), hosting the Pacific Future Forum summit while alongside in Tokyo, Healey remarked that Japan is “the UK’s closest security ally in Asia” , and noted that the military partnership between the two nations would be strengthened even further in the near future. The Secretary of State for Defence referred to the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) – a joint project between the UK, Italy, and Japan – as an ex

Healey announced that, in the coming weeks, the UK would host a deployment of Ja

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