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.
An Air Self-Defense Force fighter jet loses its cockpit canopy weighing about 90 kilograms while flying over mountainous areas in southwestern Japan, but there are no reports of any injuries or property damage from the incident, according to the Defense Ministry.