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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Britain to receive F-35, the first delivered by US to an ally

F-35B Lightning IIThe United States will soon hand over the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter slated for international delivery to Britain, defense secretaries from both countries announced Wednesday at the Pentagon.

They said the delivery scheduled for Thursday is a sign the embattled, costly stealth fighter program is back on track and a symbol of the nations’ tight bond, which Defense Minister Philip Hammond called “our most important defense relationship.”

Britain agreed more than a decade ago to buy 138 of the B variant of the Lockheed-Martin aircraft, which is capable of vertical takeoff and landing, for deployment from aircraft carriers.

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