I admit the JSF is geared towards the bizarre needs of the US coldwar military, so other countries have to look hard to see if it matches their requirements.   

We have a normal Air Force that emphasizes control of the skies, flying from land bases.
We have the world's largest naval aviation service that has its own worries about exposure to salt water, fuel economy, ease of repair in the middle of an ocean, etc.
We have the world's largest amphibious expeditionary force that prides itself on being practically autonomous, and has its own combat aviation service because the Air Force and Navy aviators act like learning how to drop bombs in front of, but not onto Marine infantry, is time wasted from their REAL missions.

So we have the F-35, which can be modded to fit everybody in our military.  Whether that works for you I don't know.  I'm surprised because I thought the VTOL, naval aviation role was THE one category where the F-35 beat out the Eurofighter hands down.    You could support your peacekeepers with your own Navy without bartering for a Nimitz-class carrier or the DeGaulle.

But with a VTOL capable air combat/ ground support vehicle, the Netherlands wouldn't NEED full-size carriers to project force.   You could use helicopter carriers or build baby escort carriers.  But I see this is still in testing stages.

Boeing was just going to continue to make the 767 airframe, exclusively for the USAF because it's obsolete in the commercial market.  It would carry less fuel than the A333.

Interesting backstory, apparently there was a corrupt deal in the Pentagon where an Air Force general accepted a no-bid contract to lease the obsolete planes from Boeing for a lot of money, and then she retired, and went to work for...Boeing.  For a lot more money than she made at the Pentagon.   Sen. John McCain called foul on that deal and it was torn up.  That's why the USA went shopping.

I think it is a bum deal for the USA.  Apparently we will be buying French parts and then assembling them within the United States, for $40 billion.   A better deal would be for us to pay whatever it takes, even $120 billion, to buy the design rights from EADS and then produce it within the USA.  That would cost more, but create more manufacturing jobs within the USA, and the main point is it would prevent the French from crippling a US war by withholding exports of our planes over the years to come...a tactic WE use all the time.

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