Tony Osborne
August 19, 2025
The Swiss government remains committed to the F-35 despite price rises and tariffs, but will it stick to plans to purchase all 36 aircraft? Credit: Aldo Wicki/Swiss Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport 
European procurements of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter have been roiled by questions about the aircraft’s future in both Spain and Switzerland. The issues boil down to funding and politics. Spain concluded that it would be best to spend defense funds in Europe, perhaps by acquiring…
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