The UK government will purchase 12 Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter jets and join NATO’s Dual Capable Aircraft (DCA) nuclear mission in a major strategic shift.
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A British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet remains grounded at Thiruvananthapuram airport more than 48 hours after an emergency landing.
A British Royal Navy F-35 Lightning II fighter jet conducted an emergency landing at Kerala Airport on Saturday evening.
The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a joint UK-Italy-Japan effort, aims to deliver a sixth-generation fighter by 2035 but faces delays, prompting Japan to consider more Lockheed Martin F-35s.
The F-35 Lightning II, produced by Lockheed Martin, is a cutting-edge fighter aircraft that boasts supersonic capabilities and is renowned for its stealth technology.
The US brought its most advanced fighter jet, the F-35, to India for the first time this week, along with F-16s, Super Hornets, and B-1B bombers, in an effort to entice New Delhi away from its traditional military supplier, Russia.