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.

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

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,