Spanish Navy might adopt the F-35B

Head of the Spanish Navy Adm. Jaime Muñoz-Delgado said his service might have to adopt the F-35B once the current AV-8Bs’ ran out of lifespan in the next decade.

F-35B Lightning of VMFAT-501 takes off from Eglin AFB 2013
By U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Muñoz-Delgado suggests tackling the issue together with the Air Force as the latter needs to replace its F/A-18 in the same time frame.