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Belgium Picks F-35 Over European Options for Future Fighter

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Belgium Picks F-35 Over European Options for Future Fighter
An F-35 Lightning II streaks across the sky while doing maneuvers to the Eglin Air Force Base runway. The 33rd Fighter Wing-owned aircraft is a fifth-generation fighter and used to train pilots and maintainers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Belgium has chosen Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Joint Strike Fighter for its next fighter aircraft over several potential European options, becoming the 13th country to select the fifth-generation platform.The purchase of 34 F-35As will replace the country’s current fleet of F-16 fighters, the Belgian government confirmed Oct. 25. The country’s Belga news agency first reported the unconfirmed decision on Monday.“Lockheed Martin is honored by the Belgian government’s selection of the F-35A Lightning II for their future national security needs,” the…

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