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NATO Head To Visit F-35 Factory In U.S.

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, April 4th, 2018

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NATO Head To Visit F-35 Factory In U.S.

Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO Secretary General. Photo: NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg plans to visit Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] F-35 Lightning II production plant in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 5 as part of a two-day visit to the United States, the Brussels-based alliance announced April 4.While NATO did not specify a reason for the visit, many of the countries that are buying the new fighter jet are members of the transatlantic alliance. This includes Norway, for which Stoltenberg is a former prime minister.Stoltenberg’s trip will also take him to…

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