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Monday, January 30, 2012

Australia reviews timetable for buying 12 F-35s

F-35 Lightning IIAustralia is reviewing its timetable for buying 12 troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, the Defence Minister said on Monday after the United States announced a rethink of its purchase schedule for the futuristic warplanes.

Australia is a funding partner in developing the JSF, which the U.S. Defence Department describes as the largest fighter aircraft program in history.

The Lockheed Martin Corp. JSF program has been troubled by repeated blowouts in cost as well as delivery schedules.

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