According to the Joint Program Office (JPO) that handles all things relevant to the F-35, there is no kill switch—and thus no fear. Recent foreign policy disagreements between the United States ...

Speaking to MailOnline, Col Ingram said: 'It's b****cks. The US can't remotely disabled F-35 jets. There's no "switch" they can flip to stop it midflight or on the tarmac.' He continued ...

The news comes just one day after Portugal announced it was abandoning its plans to purchase the F-35. “Canada is actively looking at potential alternatives to the U.S.-built F-35 stealth ...

João Cartaxo Alves, said pilot training with Lockheed Martin and the US Air Force had already begun ahead of an anticipated $6 billion transition to the F-35. The F-35 Lightning II is considered ...

Shimooka said it would “make no sense” for the Trump administration or any future U.S. government to compromise a Canadian F-35 fleet given the commitment to NORAD and overall North American ...

“There is no kill switch,” the Pentagon’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on 18 March. “The programme operates under well-established agreements that ensure all F-35 operators have ...

“We cannot ignore the geopolitical environment in our choices,” Portuguese defense minister Nuno Melo told a local news ...

The recent shift in U.S. policy toward NATO has led the Portuguese Defense Minister to deem a potential F-35 procurement unlikely ... Ministry of Defense wasted no time in clarifying that no ...

And the uncertainty about the availability and age of the various fleets of aircraft is expected to grow in light of the Liberal government's pledge to look at alternatives to the F-35 fighters ...

Portugal is not an official F-35 programme member, with Lisbon having made no formal selection of its next fighter nor signed any procurement contract or formal letter of offer and acceptance.