‘A Security Risk We Cannot Run’: NATO Countries Reconsider Their Reliance on American-Made Fighter Jets

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has served as a core component of the transatlantic alliance for years.

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F-35C Lightning IIs and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nevada. United States Navy via AP

Cracks are beginning to appear in a decades-long effort by America to be NATO’s go-to source for fighter aircraft.

Some European partners are irked by President Trump’s increasingly expansionist rhetoric and approach to the Russia-Ukraine war, while others question what the president’s criticisms of NATO mean for America’s future in the alliance.   

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