Striking images show the F-35 jump-jet's first trials on a newly converted Japanese aircraft carrier
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft departs the flight deck of the JS Kaga.
Dane Wiedmann
- Japan's aircraft carrier JS Kaga completed sea trials off the California coast Friday.
- The light aircraft carrier was refitted with a flight deck to carry F-35B stealth fighters.
- The destroyer-turned-flattop is the first carrier to be operated by Japan since World War II.
Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier just completed sea trials off the coast of California on Friday, the country's navy said.
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