Norway Now Reliant On F-35 For Air Defense, Sells F-16s to Romania

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Credit: Torbjørn Kjosvold/Norwegian Armed Forces
Norway has become the first country to rely wholly on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its combat aircraft fleet after formally retiring its F-16s from use. Norway’s F-35s have now taken on the mantle of NATO’s Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) duties from the F-16, operating from newly...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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