{"id":155911,"date":"2024-12-08T23:53:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-08T13:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/belgian-f-35a-luke-air-force-base\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T13:53:30","slug":"1st-belgian-f-35a-lightning-ii-lands-at-luke-air-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=155911","title":{"rendered":"1st Belgian F-35A Lightning II Lands At Luke Air Force Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Belgian F-35A Lightning II arrived at Luke Air Force Base on 3 December 2024, marking an important milestone in the country’s transition to the fifth generation fighter<\/a><\/span> from the legacy F-16<\/a><\/span> Fighting Falcon. The F-35<\/a><\/span> Lightning II is easily the most popular and successful fifth-generation fighter jet, with almost all countries that could realistically order it having done so ( at least half a dozen requests to purchase the jet have been denied by the US<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first Belgian F-35A has arrived at Luke AFB, where Belgian pilots have assembled to begin training on the new jet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,867,120,748,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-belgium","category-europe","category-f-35","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t