Spotlight on F-35 stealth fighter orders

A number of significant deals have been inked with the United States to purchase the F-35, either to expand existing fleets or to replace old aircraft with the fifth-generation fighter

NON-U.S. COMMITMENTS TO F-35 PROGRAMME
Japan 39 147
Italy 39 115
Canada* 88
Israel 42 75
UK 37 74
Australia 72 
Finland 64
South Korea 39 60 
Netherlands 40 58
Norway 52
Switzerland 36
Germany   35
Belgium 8 34
Poland 4 32
Romania 32
Denmark   21 27  
Czech Rep. 24
Singapore 20
Greece 20

Orders                    
Deliveries

F-35 Lightning II
World’s most expensive weapons programme is biggest single revenue generator for defence group Lockheed Martin

Data as of Mar 2025. *Legally committed to buy 16 aircraft


Sources: 19FortyFive, The Aviationist, FT, Jerusalem Post, UK Defence Journal,
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