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Japanese Scrambled Fewer Fighters Against Foreign Aircraft Last Year, Says MoD
Russian and Chinese aircraft flight patterns in FY 2022. Japanese Ministry of Defense Photo.
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force carried out a total of 612 fighter scrambles against foreign aircraft by the end of the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2022, a decrease from a total of 785 scrambles in the same period for FY 2021, according to a report released Friday by the Joint Staff Office of Japan’s Ministry of Defense.
Of the scrambles for the FY 2022 period, which covers April 1 through Dec. 31, 75...