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Australia Reaffirms Plans To Buy F-35s

Gally Articola

Friday, May 10th, 2013

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The Australian government says it’s sticking with plans to buy F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, saying it will by about 72 in the near term and will decide on the procurement of more of the aircraft as the retirement of F/A-18 Super Hornets approaches in the late 2020s. Australia’s program of record calls for acquiring 100 of the Lockheed Martin [LMT]-built stealth fighters, but the government-issued white paper, which outlines the country’s national defense strategy, did not explicitly state it would…

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