{"id":68164,"date":"2026-11-06T19:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=68164"},"modified":"2026-11-06T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:16:42","slug":"the-japan-air-self-defense-force-shows-its-power-with-the-song-everflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/11\/06\/the-japan-air-self-defense-force-shows-its-power-with-the-song-everflow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japan Air Self-Defense Force shows its power with the song 'Everflow'"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is one of the countries with the highest percentage of its population interested in video games (58%) and is a powerhouse in this industry.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/10\/japan-shows-the-e-2-hawkeye-aircraft-from-misawa-the-bats-of-its-air-force\/\">Japan shows the E-2 Hawkeye aircraft from Misawa, the bats of its Air Force<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/11\/30\/an-exhibition-of-the-f-2-viper-zero-the-japanese-fighter-that-looks-like-an-f-16-but-isnt\/\">An exhibition of the F-2 Viper Zero, the Japanese fighter that looks like an F-16 but isn't<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>On October 2nd, the video game \"Ace Combat 8\" was released<\/strong>, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of this flight simulator series. <strong>The game's main theme, titled \"Everflow,\"<\/strong> was composed by Japanese composer Keiki Kobayashi, who also wrote the lyrics\u2014in both English and Latin\u2014with contributions from Sara Parkman and Erasmus Talbot. <strong>Today, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force released a stunning promotional video featuring this track<\/strong>, showcasing its air power. It is a high-quality video and an excellent example of a promotional campaign by an air force:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u822a\u7a7a\u81ea\u885b\u968a \u00d7 \u300eACECOMBAT8\u300f\u7279\u5225PV|\u697d\u66f2\u63d0\u4f9b\u300cEverflow\u300d\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjmGL7xzsOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see here some screenshots from the video, in which we see a part of the aircraft that appear in it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636606941_ab8b85f869_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636606941_cef3b847e2_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An F-15J Eagle fighter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55635621862_e18416c6e7_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55635621862_ab6e7712b9_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>F-35A Lightning II stealth fighters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55637025860_96488eb8d9_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55637025860_0babb817f7_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636606946_dd78a4c76a_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636606946_146d12c823_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mitsubishi F-2 fighters, a Japanese development of the American F-16.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636815824_4e4c4d0c53_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636815824_95d40716d4_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Grumman E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636751398_f0046de426_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55636751398_c1a3013a0e_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Kawasaki T-4 training aircraft from the Blue Impulse aerobatic team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan is one of the countries with the highest percentage of its population interested in video games (58%) and is a powerhouse in this industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19630,11546],"tags":[28245,28248,6176,12880,17481,28246,28247,28244,7072,6262,21001],"class_list":["post-68164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1a-plana-defense-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-ace-combat-8","tag-blue-impulse","tag-grumman-e-2-hawkeye","tag-japan","tag-japan-air-self-defense-force","tag-kawasaki-c-2","tag-kawasaki-t-4","tag-keiki-kobayashi","tag-lockheed-martin-f-35-lightning-ii","tag-mcdonnell-douglas-f-15-eagle","tag-mitsubishi-f-2"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-13 21:26:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}