MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan, April 28 (UPI) -- The first of 18 F-2 fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force damaged in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been returned to service.
The fully repaired aircraft, originally based at Matsushima Air Base, was flown to Misawa Air Base last week, where it will be joined by five other repaired F-2s, the U.S. Air Force reported.