Romanian Officials Speed Up F-35 Procurement Plans

F-35

Romania would be the third Eastern European country after Poland and the Czech Republic to adopt the F-35.

Credit: Liz Lutz/Lockheed Martin
Romania looks set to join Eastern Europe’s growing community of F-35 customers. After nearly a decade of declarations of interest in the aircraft by its ministers and air force officials, Bucharest appears to be signaling an acceleration of its Joint Strike Fighter procurement plans. Bucharest plans...
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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