El Pais: Spain suspends purchase of US F-35 fighter jets and looks for alternative
F-35 fighter jet (Photo: wikipedia.org)

Spain has postponed plans to purchase US F-35 fighter jets and will look for European alternatives. About reports el Pais newspaper, citing government sources.

Previous contacts on the purchase of US F-35 fighters have been suspended "indefinitely" and the government will look for alternatives, such as the Eurofighter or the Future Combat Air System, the publication reports.

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The Spanish Navy also plans to decommission its Harrier AV8B fighters by 2030 and has expressed interest in replacing them with naval versions of the F-35B models already purchased by the United States and Italy.

The publication notes that the Air Force also considered the F-35A as a temporary solution to replace its McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighters while waiting for the FCAS.

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