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however, the perception of "kill switches" not just in the F-35 , are pushing europe to reconsider, on top of the perception of US unreliability. (not to mention that no pilots trust the F-35 anyway , and bail out the moment there is an issue)

Uhhhh, okay.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/are-new-fighter...

However, even with this in mind, it is clear that the F-35 has a significantly smaller incident rate than older jets. Aircraft like the A-10 and the F-16 were lost in their dozens during the first years of their service. However, various reasons – such as secrecy due to the Cold War – prevented the incidents from being widely publicized.

What about fatal crashes? To date, the F-35 has suffered one fatal loss: an F-35A of the Japanese Self Defense Force disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean and the deceased pilot was found later.

The Europeans do not have a 5th gen airframe. The F-35 is the only one out there (since we don't make the F-22 anymore and it was never meant for export anyway).

europe (and perhaps the broader commonwealth ) will move away from the USA weapons systems.

And buy...what? They've largely disarmed themselves over the last 30 years.

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