Talk:Kaga/@comment-26293410-20181119160027/@comment-2602:306:3780:2CA0:B542:3295:6189:F27D-20190205063154

Literally. JS Kaga and her older sister, JS Izumo, have been ordered back into the shipyards. Both are to be slightly rebuilt to handle the operations of 10 F-35B Lightning II JSFs.

The Diet authorized on December 18th, 2018, the conversion of the two from Heavy Helicopter Carriers to Light Aircraft Carriers. The authorization also included a budget to purchase no less than 40 F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Frighters in addition to the already authorized 100 F-35A Lightning II JSFs. With the results of such an authorization, Japan would be a Carrier Naval Force once more with power projection again and we will likely see at least two Medium Aircraft Carriers (US Navy designation: CVV) in the near future, because unlike Britain, Spain, and Italy, the Japanese have the ability to actually operate Mid-Sized Carriers with flight groups exceeding 40 planes per Carrier.

It is currently unknown when both ships will be converted at this time, since it is only authorization.

But what is worth noting, is that this is history repeating itself.

Kaga will again be a conversion from one type to another.

Let's just hope that THIS Kaga has a long and lasting Naval Career.