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Trump Moves Prompt Some International F-35 Buyers To Reconsider

Steve Trimble March 21, 2025

Lockheed Martin F-35 flies past control tower — Canada selected the F-35A after a circuitous, 13-year-long process but could start the search yet again for a new fighter.

Credit: Staff Sgt. Thomas Barley/U.S. Air Force

Calls are mounting in Canada and Europe to shun the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter and other U.S. defense exports amid a backlash against controversial foreign policy changes in Washington. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who is locked in an escalating trade war with the U.S., ordered a review of...

Steve Trimble

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

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