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Most likely those are not corrosion. There is no sign of delamination or cracking of the stealth coating. Besides, the fuselage of F-35 is composite and aluminum and will not rust like steel. Also, F-35Bs of USMC and RN have beem at sea longer than F-35Cs and yet it does not show similar appearance.

Go easy on the Frenchman... But it was some sort of an insult to everyone's intelligence here that a 4.5th gen Rafale is beyter than 5th gen F-35.

First F-35 A2A kill...

Air Force to upgrade F-35A gas tanks to weather lightning strikes https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/02/03/air-force-to-upgrade-f-35a-gas-tanks-to-weather-lightning-strikes/

Looks like Germany will buy F-35s after all...

USAF launches F-35 advanced engine effort https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.janes.com/amp/usaf-launches-f-35-advanced-engine-effort/ZnlJK3dHVU9mZ28xajRJVkc5dVI5VFp1cVMwPQ2

Romania to Buy F-35 Jets: President Iohannis https://www.defenseworld.net/news/31313/Romania_to_Buy_F_35_Jets__President_Iohannis#.Yf1LBFMRUwA

BAE Systems delivers its 3,000th vehicle management computer for F-35 https://defence-blog.com/bae-systems-delivers-its-3000th-vehicle-management-computer-for-f-35/

Focus on the new paint scheme. Take a guess what it is for... reduced radar or IR or both signature? A similar paint scheme was also seen in one F-22...

Lockheed Martin to develop new F-35 variant for foreign customer https://defence-blog.com/lockheed-martin-to-develop-new-f-35-variant-for-foreign-customer/ This version is most likely for UAE.

As I said Finland is not a NATO treaty country and thus not subject to compulsory NATO defense. Any military assistance in case of an attack on Finland will only be voluntary and to be decided individually by NATO member countries, regardless of whether or not the attack on Finland has roped in...

That failed test was on AGM-183A which is designed to be carried by B-52, B-1s, and other US bombers. This hypersonic us too big for the F-35.

US Navy’s supercarrier USS George HW Bush launch and recover F-35s for first time https://defence-blog.com/us-navys-supercarrier-launch-and-recover-f-35s-for-first-time/

U.S. Air Force’s First European-Based F-35s Have Arrived In England

UAE Freezes F-35 Purchase Talks, Washington Says End-user Requirements Nonnegotiable https://www.defenseworld.net/news/31006/UAE_Freezes_F_35_Purchase_Talks__Washington_Says_End_user_Requirements_Nonnegotiable#.YbkXUVMRUwA The US is not desperate to sell F-35 like some other cou try on their...

NATO is not obligated to defend Finland under Art. 5 (attack on 1 is attack on all). Ukraine too is a NATO partner. And as to F-35's advantage over Rafale and all other non-5th gen competitors, has been validated over and over again. Frankly it has become so boring. The fact is everyone will...

This is how the best fighter survived: there was a full-scale “battle” in the war games The HX tender culminated in a war game in which the final fighter candidates were tested in collaboration with the Army and Navy. https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/51c624ab-d48b-4dcb-81d0-292c6124692a

Finland is not a NATO member like Switzerland. But neither is UAE or the Saudis who all want to buy F-35 but at the moment are bot allowed to buy. As I said before, those who can afford but cannot buy the F-35 will go for Rafale, of SH, or EF, or F-16, or Gripen...

Finland to Buy 64 F-35s https://www.defenseworld.net/news/30981/Finland_Selects_F_35_Fighter__to_Receive_64_Jets#.YbPE01MRUwA