The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), planes arrive at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this May 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Tom Reynolds/Lockheed Martin Corp/Handout
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said on Thursday that his government recommended purchasing 27 F-35 stealth fighters built by U.S. company Lockheed Martin Corp.
The government expects to spend about 20 billion Danish crowns (2.13 billion pounds) on the purchase, he said, paying about 740 million Danish crowns per plane.
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