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Belgian Air Force Says Grounded F-35 Jet Not Inoperable
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For Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken, there is no room for discussion: Lockheed Martin's F-35 is a fighter jet "at the highest level" and it is even the "best." Better still, since thirteen European countries have chosen it to modernize their combat aviation, he considers it also... This article One of the four F-35As to be delivered to Belgium broke down in the Azores appeared first on Zone Militaire.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (dna):The first three Belgian F-35 fighter jets landed at Florennes Air Base in Namur province on Monday, while a fourth aircraft was reported to be grounded, with local media claiming it was broken down. The four F-35s, ordered from an American manufacturer, took off from Texas last week with a planned stopover in the Azores. Three of them completed the final 2,800-kilometer leg to Belgium, landing shortly after 3 pm local ti…
The first F-35 fighter jets arrived at the military base in Florennes on Monday. "This is the purchase of the century," said Defense Minister Theo Francken. However, a technical problem grounded one of the four Belgian fighter jets in the Azores.
One of the four F-35s delivered to Belgium was detained in the Azores due to a technical failure, marking an incident when they arrived.
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