One Brand-New Belgian F-35 Is Still Grounded in the Azores. What's Going On?

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"I think it's probably a series of problems, but I wouldn't worry about the aircraft," Dutch defense strategist Patrick Bolder estimates, now that one of the four new F-35 fighter jets for the Netherlands remains grounded in the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores after 10 days. "This happens quite often with these kinds of high-tech aircraft."

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Normally, four F-35A fighter-bombers should have landed at the Florennes air base [Belgium] on October 13, following a "Ferry Flight" [ferry flight] from Texas [United States]. Except that one of them was unable to take off again from the Azores, where these aircraft made a stopover before beginning the final leg of their... This article Belgium is looking for a host country for its F-35A training flights appeared first on Zone Militaire.