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    Un paese dell’UE cade l’ordine F35.

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    1. JonPX on

      Spain had made a non-committal information request for information to Lockheed. And then made no purchase order in the 8 years that followed. So no, they didn’t cancel an order.

    2. Actaeon7 on

      There would likely be (huge) fines for breach of contract, but I’m sure it could be done.

    4. tijlvp on

      No? We’ve already taken delivery of the first planes. Spain, afaik, never even finalized their order.

      Hardly a similar scenario.

    6. BorisLordofCats on

      For the elvendertigste keer. No

      We signed a contract. The first 8 are already delivered and used for training in the US.

      Spain were planning to buy F35 and decided not to do it.

      And no, cancelling the additional 11 that are planned is not an option.

      The Belgian air force is too small to operate 2 different fighters.
      You need 2 different personal pipelines for maintenance, weapon loading, pilots and spare parts.

    7. Direct-Cheesecake498 on

      I am all in for an European alternative but does that even exist?

    8. Mr-Doubtful on

      They didn’t actually cancel a formal order. There never was one.

      What they where considering it for has no other replacement (they are trying to replace their Harriers for their aircraft carrier, Juan Carlos I). There are no European STOVL jets produced today and there are no plans for one either that I’m aware of. The only STOVL produced today is the F-35B.

      Budget difficulties were always immense and it always seemed likely that Spain would be forced to drop their fixed wing carrier aircraft all together.

      So what they are probably doing is deciding to have a different Navy capability all together and for that there are European options instead.

    10. Muted-Ad610 on

      Spain is the country in europe with the strongest sense of realpolitik

    12. MavaraMusic on

      Even if it was a possibility I can hardly imagine Theo Francken to change his mind…

    13. MrFailface on

      If you think cancelling is a good option for us you are lacking braincells, some are already delivered. Pilots are being trained and it’s only real 5th gen fighter on the market.

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