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F-35A Lightning II
![Australia Takes Delivery of 7 More F-35A Stealth Fighters Australia Takes Delivery of 7 More F-35A Stealth Fighters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2019-12-18-4.jpg)
Australia Takes Delivery of 7 More F-35A Stealth Fighters
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Seven additional F-35As arrived at a Royal Australian Air Force base earlier this month.
![First F-35A Stealth Fighters Arrive in Australia First F-35A Stealth Fighters Arrive in Australia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-screen-shot-2018-12-10-at-8.46.07-am.jpg)
First F-35A Stealth Fighters Arrive in Australia
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Royal Australian Air Force has received its first two F-35A Joint Strike Fighters to be permanently based in Australia.
![Australia to Buy Precision-Guided Glide Bombs For F-35 Stealth Fighters Australia to Buy Precision-Guided Glide Bombs For F-35 Stealth Fighters](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-rtn_202406.jpg)
Australia to Buy Precision-Guided Glide Bombs For F-35 Stealth Fighters
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. State Department recently approved a possible sale of precision-guided glide bombs to Australia.
![Japan Rolls Out First Domestically-Built F-35 Stealth Fighter Japan Rolls Out First Domestically-Built F-35 Stealth Fighter](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-ax-5-news__main.jpg)
Japan Rolls Out First Domestically-Built F-35 Stealth Fighter
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The first Japanese-built F-35A was officially unveiled on June 5.
![Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-12-01_17-41-30.jpg)
Japan Receives 1st F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The aircraft was officially handed over to the Japan Air Self Defense Force on November 28.
![Japan Air Defense Force Rolls Out 1st F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet Japan Air Defense Force Rolls Out 1st F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-28_15-25-52.jpg)
Japan Air Defense Force Rolls Out 1st F-35A Stealth Fighter Jet
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Japan is slated to acquire a total of 42 F-35A Lightning II combat aircraft in the coming years.
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