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Germany receives first F-35 jet from US as NATO boosts military spending

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Al Jazeera

What happened

Germany received the first of nearly three dozen F-35 stealth warplanes it ordered four years ago from Lockheed Martin.

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  • Germany received the first of nearly three dozen F-35 stealth warplanes it ordered four years ago from Lockheed Martin.
  • Reported by Al Jazeera and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 21:06:14 UTC.

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