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F-35As Deploy Internationally For 1st Time As Part Of European Reassurance Initiative

April 17 2017

USA

The U.S. Air Force has sent its F-35A Joint Strike Fighter to Europe for the first time, reports CNN.

The stealth fighters flew from Hill Air Force Base in Utah and arrived Saturday at RAF Lakenheath in the U.K.

The F-35s will spend several weeks training with other U.S. aircraft and those from NATO, said the Air Force. They will support the European Reassurance Initiative, a program that began in 2014 following Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

“This training...

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