Houston, Sept 18, 2026 (AFP) - Germany receives first F-35 warplane at ceremony in US

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Germany on Friday received the first of nearly three dozen F-35 stealth warplanes it ordered four years ago, the aircraft's US manufacturer said. In a ceremony at its production facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Lockheed Martin "presented Germany's first F-35A Lightning II to the German government," the company said in a statement. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who attended the event, hailed the plane as "the world's most advanced combat......

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