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Friday, February 17, 2012

Stealth fighter buy in doubt

F-35 Lightning IIAustralia's plans to replace the air force's ageing strike jets with up to 100 American F-35 stealth fighters are increasingly in question and will be reviewed this year.

The A$16 billion ($19.4 billion) programme already faces delays of up to six years that have forced the Government to spend A$6 billion over the next decade on a stop-gap fleet of Boeing Super Hornets, an upgraded version of the 71 F/A-18 Hornets introduced in 1985.

The Pentagon's decision to postpone orders for 179 of the Joint Strike Fighters over the next five years to save US$15.1 billion has created new uncertainties in Australia and may prompt more Super Hornet orders.

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