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A purchase order of two F-35 from UK

Rome , Italy - Useful funds for the JSF Program

The UK Ministry of Defence will invest funds to buy two Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, that according to US sources will be delivered in 2010. The UK's order will partially ease the financing of the Joint Strike Fighters Program which will have the expected budget cut by half in the US's financial act of 2008 presented to the Congress by the Department of Defence. (See...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1076129
Rome, Italy, 06/28/2007 14:09
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