Vision For Portuguese Air Force Includes F-35

Tony Osborne December 01, 2023
F-16

Portugal is currently operating 24 F-16s.

Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
Portugal appears to be moving toward an acquisition of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, statements by the country’s air chief suggest. Gen. João Cartaxo Alves, the commander of the Portuguese Air Force, told delegates of the Military Airlift and Air-to-Air Refueling conference in Lisbon...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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