The Weekly Debrief: How A $500 Million Plan To Profit Off An F-35 Sale Went Awry

South Korea decided to buy 40 F-35As in 2011. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A London-based broker of international arms deals concocted an elaborate plan in 2015 to reap a half-billion dollar profit off the sale of 40 Lockheed Martin F-35As to South Korea—and won the U.S. government’s approval. But the plan fell apart a year later, sparking a lengthy legal dispute that...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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