Combat aircraft
United States to Japan: F-35A and F-35B, 2019
Japan was cleared to buy 105 additional F-35s, the largest single F-35 sale outside the United States.
The record
- Weapon systemF-35A and F-35B
- CategoryCombat aircraft
- SupplierUnited States (Washington DC)
- RecipientJapan (Tokyo)
- Units recorded105
- Value$23B
- Year2019
- StatusIn delivery
- Documentation confidence88/100
- Distance between capitals10,906 km
How to read this
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Where a register states no price, this page says so rather than estimating one. Where a figure covers a programme rather than a single shipment, the confidence score is lowered.