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Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 05:10:43 MT

AEROTIME · DEFENSE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ADVANCES SAUDI F-35 SALE DESPITE CHINA SECURITY CONCERNS...

The United States has moved forward with a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 Lightning II fighters to Saudi Arabia.

SCOTT: Watch the airframe and the training pipeline, not the parade footage. Programs live or die in the schoolhouse.

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