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soryang

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1. Japan F-35 purchases

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Tue May 28, 2019, 11:44 AM

May 2019

Winter also noted that in December, Japan announced that it plans to purchase an additional 105 aircraft. That will include 63 F-35As and 42 F-35B short take-off and vertical landing platforms. Lockheed Martin and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries operate a final assembly and check-out facility, or FACO, in Nagoya.

“With this anticipated purchase, Japan will be the largest international customer of F-35s with 147 planned aircraft,” Winter said.

http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/5/24/international-market-for-f-35-heats-up

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