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Australia delays the acquisition of the F-35 aircraft

Canberra, Australia - "We put a fair amount of padding in our cost and in our timetable"

Australia, which had planned to purchase only 12 F-35 fifth generation aircraft, will delay its acquisition by two years to save costs. The decision to buy the 12 aircraft will be postponed until 2014-2015. Only two F-35A will be delivered to Canberra and used for ground and aircrew training. Original plans call for the purchase of an additional 12 aircraft (Phase 2A) and a subsequent 58 F-35s...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140161
Rome, Italy, 05/03/2012 16:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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