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OITA Set against a backdrop of military fighter jets and passenger airliners sharing the runways, the Self-Defense Forces used a commercial airport for the first time in a training exercise simulating an attack on Japan.
A Japanese F-15DJ Eagle fighter jet had crashed into the Sea of Japan shortly after taking off from the Komatsu Air Base located in the Ishikawa Prefecture.
The Mitsubishi F-2 fighter jet lost its canopy, which weights about 198lb (90 kg), while flying over a mountainous area in southwestern Japan on Sunday, Japan s Defence Ministry said.