never understood why the armies of the EU wouldn’t bank on airframes produced locally, we have great technology with Eurofighter Typhoon, Dassault Rafale, Saab Gripen
Corruption. Paying for the protection racket. All good reasons /s
It’s much simpler than that: the Americans are always in charge of international operations.
The Dutch Air Force officers still get soggy about the prize for “the explosion of the year” that they received for bombing a Serbian powerplant. 🤮
An occasional pat on the back is enough, they don’t even need to bribe our leaders anymore.
Because none of them have the capabilities of the F-35. And they are even more expensive than the F-35.
If so, it must be because they don’t have enough R&D money because we haven’t been buying them. Own goal.
