{"id":31,"date":"2018-11-12T10:47:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T15:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2019-03-25T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T13:38:05","slug":"belgium-selects-f-35-for-its-future-fighter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/12\/belgium-selects-f-35-for-its-future-fighter\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium selects F-35 for its future fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium is the latest country to select the F-35 to fulfill the need of replacing its aging fleet. The announcement that was made on October 25 would see the replacement of the country\u2019s F-16 jets with the F-35 built by Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f35.com\/news\/detail\/statement-belgium-selects-f-35-lightning-ii-for-future-defense-needs\">statement<\/a> from Lockheed Martin says that the company is honoured by the Belgian government\u2019s selection of the F-35A Lightning II for their future national security needs. \u201cWe look forward to supporting the U.S. government in delivering the F-35 program to meet the requirements of the Belgian government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belgium is the 13th country to join the F-35 program by selecting 34 F-35A Lightning II aircraft for its future fighter acquisition program. This according to Lockheed Martin is \u201ca testament to the government\u2019s confidence in the program and its industrial benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 5th generation F-35 delivers unmatched value as the most capable, lowest life-cycle cost aircraft with the strongest industrial participation opportunity. With each new customer, the F-35 continues to enhance global security, strengthen critical alliances and drive economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium is the latest country to select the F-35 to fulfill the need of replacing its aging fleet. The announcement that was made on October 25 would see the replacement of the country\u2019s F-16 jets with the F-35 built by Lockheed Martin. A statement from Lockheed Martin says that the company is honoured by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[6,4,7,5],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aerospaceincanada.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}