{"id":167142,"date":"2025-01-15T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-spain-selected-eurofighter-to-replace-f-18s\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T05:00:17","slug":"why-spain-selected-the-eurofighter-to-replace-its-f-18s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=167142","title":{"rendered":"Why Spain Selected The Eurofighter To Replace Its F-18s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spanish Air and Space Force has ordered another batch of 25 Eurofighter Typhoon<\/a><\/span> jets to replace its aging fleet of F\/A-18 Hornets. But why did Spain select Eurofighters over the F-35<\/a><\/span> Lightning II\u2014or is it? Spain<\/a><\/span> is perhaps the most obvious country that has yet to purchase the American F-35 fighter jet<\/a><\/span> (France and Sweden are squarely focused on their indigenous Rafale and Gripen fighter jets). Most able European air forces are purchasing the F-35.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spain has placed another order for domestically assembled Eurofighters while still leaving the F-35 question open.<\/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":[396,120,628,1024,6350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-europe","category-fighter-jets","category-spain","category-typhoon"],"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