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State Department OK’s $6.5 Billion Sale Of 34 F-35s To Belgium

State Department OK’s $6.5 Billion Sale Of 34 F-35s To Belgium
Hill Air Force Base F-35As fly in formation over the Utah Test and Training Range, March 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

The State Department approved a possible $6.5 billion Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Belgium for 34 Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) F-35A variants.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) told Congress of the certification on Friday.Belgium requested 34 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35s along with 38 Pratt & Whitney F-135 engines (34 installed, four spares), Electronic Warfare Systems; Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence/Communications, Navigational, and Identification; Autonomic Logistics Global Support System (ALGS); Autonomic Logistics Information System; Full Mission Trainer; Weapons Employment…

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