Thread: UK will be buying the F-35b after all.
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Old 10-05-2012, 16:35   #1
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Lightbulb UK will be buying the F-35b after all.
Some common sense at last..

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Mr Hammond said delays to the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter programme, a multinational venture led by American company Lockheed Martin, meant they would have not been operational until 2023 - three years later than planned.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18008171

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...switch-371661/

Of course by the time we have these planes, some bright spark in government will probably see no real need for carriers any more, as we could probably launch them just as well from modified dinghies
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