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Budget constraints force smaller Swiss F-35 buy

Switzerland, after approving a US$7.5 billion expenditure for its next generation of fighter aircraft, is being forced to cut back its planned order of 36 F-35A Lightning IIs in order to remain within ...
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Switzerland to trim F-35A purchase, with cost rises leaving 36-unit buy ‘not financially feasible’

Switzerland’s acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters will fall short of its contracted 36 examples due to budget limitations, the nation’s Federal Council has announced. “Discussions ...