Netherlands to buy first production batch of eight F-35As

Dutch lawmakers have cleared the government to go ahead for the first production batch of eight F-35As.

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RNLAF F-35 F-001 01” by US Air Force / Ministerie van Defensie – bron: Ministerie van Defensie.. Licensed under CC0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Six of these jets will head to Luke Air Force Base after leaving the factory and remain there till 2023.

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