Two Japanese Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets are at RAAF Base Tindal near Katherine on their first international mission, along with 55 Japanese aircrew.

The fifth-generation stealth aircraft, based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori prefecture, northeastern Japan, arrived on Saturday. It is the first activity to be held under the Reciprocal Access Agreement between Australia and Japan aimed at strengthening the collective security of the Indo-Pacific region.

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