Why the F-35 is at the top of the shopping list for militaries in Europe

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Fri, February 4, 2022, 8:32 PM
Finland announced in December that it would buy the F-35, becoming the latest European country to buy the jet.Multiple operational factors make the F-35 popular with the US's European partners and allies.For many in Europe, choosing the F-35 is as much a geopolitical decision as it is an operational and financial one.On December 10, Finland announced that it would purchase 64 F-35A Lighting II jets from Lockheed Martin for $11.3 billion to replace its fleet of F/A-18 Hornets.Although the first F-35s won't arrive until 2026, this is Helsinki's largest military procurement ever and one of the largest in Europe.Finland is the latest European country to purchase the US-made fifth-generation stealth fighter, and the decision puts it in a growing group of European militaries that use or will use the jet.The most recent buyer was Switzerland, which announced in June that it would buy 36 F-35As in a $5.5 billion deal and touted the jet's "entirely new, extremely powerful and comprehensively networked systems for protecting and monitoring airspace.".

Besides Finland and Switzerland, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Italy, Norway, the UK, and the Netherlands also operate one or more F-35 variants or are awaiting delivery of the aircraft.The latter five countries are among the founders of the F-35 program. (Turkey was also a key partner but was kicked out after buying Russia S-400 air-defense system.)Greece has also expressed interest in Lockheed Martin's cutting-edge aircraft and there are reported talks between the company and Spanish and Czech officials. Further, on February 2, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis expressed his country's intention to buy F-35s.Multiple operational factors make the F-35 popular with the US's European partners and allies.
Besides its impressive capabilities, the F-35 is seen as an economical purchase. Often, the cost of the fifth-generation stealth fighter is lower than the cost of fourth-generation aircraft — Switzerland cited price as a factor in its decision.
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