The Defense Ministry and the Self-Defense Forces are condemning a Russian IL-38 patrol aircraft's intrusion into Japanese airspace three times on Sept. 23 as “deliberate acts of intimidation.” ...

Meanwhile, Russia must digest another disappointment. India has confirmed earlier reports of retiring the Soviet-era Il-38SD aircraft. These aircraft have served in the Indian naval aviation for ...

The release also noted that while the bombers were flying, a Russian Il-38 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) flew over the Sea of Japan. A map included with the release showed the flightpath of the ...

"Similar objectives but over the Pacific Ocean were accomplished by an Il-38 aircraft of the Pacific Fleet’s naval aviation," the ministry said. By decision of Russian President Supreme ...

The Il-38 patrol aircraft violated Japanese airspace ... "Fighter jets F-15 and F-35 warned the Russian aircraft over the ...

The Japanese Defense Ministry claims that on September 23, F-35 fighter jets were scrambled after a Russian Il-38 aircraft had been spotted near Hokkaido. Japan said that the aircraft had entered ...

Japan’s defense ministry said on Friday it scrambled fighter jets after two Russian IL-38 information-gathering aircraft were spotted flying back and forth between the Sea of Japan and the East ...