F-35’s Could Link Germany to NATO Fighter Force but Germany Prizes European Typhoon

Video Above: F-35s To Europe

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Switzerland and Finland have joined the world of F-35, a development which greatly impacts and strengthens any kind of integrated, networked European force structure. 

Denmark, Norway, Poland, Italy and the UK have all made measurable advancements with their respective F-35 programs. UK F-35s operated with US F-35Bs on board their HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier, Denmark received its first F-35 and The Netherlands recently declared Initial Operating Capability with its arriving F-35s. 

All of these developments, many of them taking place together concurrently, significantly change the deterrence equation within Europe. This kind of development certainly raises the question of … why not send an operational, multinational F-35 force to Eastern Europe to hold potential Russian aggressors at risk? Could be extremely impactful.

F-35s & Germany

What about Germany? Germany is a member of NATO and might greatly contribute to multinational interoperability should the country embrace the F-35. 

However, over the course of the last several years, multiple reports have said that German decision-makers wound up deciding on the European Typhoon aircraft.