F-35 To Replace Tornado In Dramatic German U-Turn

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Germany is to purchase Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to partially replace the country’s aging Panavia Tornado fleet. The selection, announced March 14, comes days after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz named the F-35 as a potential Tornado successor in a speech announcing a €100 billion (...
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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