日米戦闘機１２機が共同訓練　北朝鮮ミサイルに対抗―防衛省

　防衛省統合幕僚監部は４日、航空自衛隊と在日米海兵隊の戦闘機計１２機が九州西方の東シナ海上空で共同訓練を行ったと発表した。即応体制の確認や日米連携のアピールが目的としており、北朝鮮の弾道ミサイル発射に対抗し、動きをけん制する狙いがあるとみられる。
　防衛省によると、訓練は発射を受け急きょ実施され、空自のＦ１５戦闘機とＦ２戦闘機各４機、米軍岩国基地所属のＦ３５Ｂ戦闘機４機が参加。別の基地から緊急発進した機体が空中で集合したり、編隊を組んだりする訓練を行った。（2022/10/04-21:06）

A total of 12 fighter jets of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps carried out a joint drill over the East China Sea on Tuesday, the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff said.
   The joint drill was apparently intended to send warnings to North Korea, which fired a ballistic missile over Japan earlier in the day.
   In the drill, held above waters west of the Kyushu southwestern Japan region, Japan and the United States aimed to check their immediate response capabilities and show their cooperation.
   According to the Defense Ministry, the unscheduled drill was joined by four F-15 fighters and four F-2 fighters of the ASDF and four U.S. Marine F-35B stealth fighters stationed at the Iwakuni air base in the western prefecture of Yamaguchi.
   The fighter jets scrambled from different bases to meet in the air and fly in formation.