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It is likely that the Netherlands will supply F-16s to Ukraine, Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren hinted on Friday after the regular weekly Council of Ministers meeting on Friday. The Netherlands has already promised to train Ukrainian pilots in the aircraft "and then you assume that Ukraine will also fly with the F-16 at some point. That still requires a separate decision." Earlier, news agency Bloomberg reported on the basis of anonymous sources that the Netherlands will probably supply the aircraft.

The U.S. arms export licensing process can be time-consuming andconfusing. Ratification of defense trade cooperation treaties withthe United Kingdom and Australia would reduce barriers to theadvantage of all three countries, provide a more direct route toparticipation in U.S. defense acquisition programs, and help toexpand and strengthen America's defense industrial base.

The $382 billion F-35 Joint Strike fighter program may well be the largest single global defense program in history. This major multinational program is intended to produce an "affordably stealthy" multi-role fighter that will have 3

In an exclusive June 2006 interview, Israeli Air Force (IAF) chief procurement officer Brigadier-General Ze'ev Snir told Israeli media that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was a key part of their IAF recapitalization plans, and that Israel intended to buy over 100 of

South Korea’s Defense Ministry also confirmed it still wants to develop an aircraft carrier.