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The F-35 Isn't Going Anywhere And The Pentagon Wants You To Know It

The F-35 Isn't Going Anywhere And The Pentagon Wants You To Know It

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SAMUEL KING JR./U.S. AIR FORCE

Canada's announcement earlier this month that it was $4$4 for renewing its fleet seems to have prompted a string of reassuring moves by the U.S.

Within days the Pentagon said it would sign a $4 worth $3.8 billion.

That move could also have been spurred along when Australia followed the Canadian news with plans to $4 if it saw any more delays in the F-35 program.

On the heels of the new contract came word $4 that pilots would begin training to fly the F-35 at Eglin, AFB starting January 2013.

And that news came just before $4 that the freshly trained pilots can plan on duty stations at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, which will be the first F-35 overseas base in the world.

All of that is good news for Lockheed Martin and its investors who now $4 following about 10 years of four percent profits during the F-35's development phase.

All of this comes after years of extensive efforts to recruit foreign F-35 buyers.

$4 when Norway finally joined the list of buyers, after "an extended dialogue with the US Department of Defense aimed at securing opportunities for Norwegian industry," said the country's ministry of defense.

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