Italy First To Base F-35s Outside U.S.

Credit: F-35: U.S. Navy
LONDON—Italy has become the first operator of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to base the aircraft outside the U.S. Two Italian air force F-35As—AL-5 and AL-6—were delivered to their new home base at Amendola in southeastern Italy on Dec. 12, arriving hours before the formal handover of two Israeli F...

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