Japan: F-15 fighter disappears after take-off

SANAA, Feb. 01 (YPA) – Japan’s armed forces launched a search operation to find a fighter jet that disappeared from radar screens shortly after take-off from the Komatsu airbase in central Japan.

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F15 fighter jet disappeared from the radar after taking off from the Komatsu Air Base in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa on Monday, a spokesman for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) told AFP.

The twin-engine combat jet was conducting training at the time and reportedly had two people on board.

Japan’s defense ministry has launched an investigation into the plane’s disappearance, the spokesman added.

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