An F-35A aircraft from the US Air Force in flight during a combat power exercise at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, on Jan 6, 2020. - Reuters
WASHINGTON (The Straits Times/ANN): The United States government has given the green light for the possible sale of up to a dozen elite stealth fighter jets and related equipment to Singapore for US$2.75 billion (S$3.7 billion), it said on Thursday (Jan 9).
Singapore first announced its plans to buy the F-35 jets from Lockheed Martin Corp to replace its ageing F-16 fleet, which has been in service since 1998, in March last year.
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