The US has deployed upgraded F-15EX fighter jets to Japan, NHK reports.
They are based at Kadena Air Force Base on the southern island of Okinawa.
Journalists emphasized that these fighter jets were deployed for the first time at a base outside the United States.
It was previously reported that it was planned to send 36 such planes to Okinawa over the course of several years. The modern fighters of the fourth generation have a payload of more than 13 tons, which exceeds some bombers in this parameter.