Who has the US sold F-35 to?

United Arab Emirates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. remains “fully committed” to a proposed sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates, despite the Biden administration slowing down the deal, a senior American official overseeing arms exports said Tuesday.

What countries have bought F-35?

The F-35 is currently in use or on order by 13 countries, including the United States. The other members of the original consortium are the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, Norway and Denmark. The six additional foreign buyers are Israel, Japan, South Korea, Belgium, Poland and Singapore.

How many F 35s will the US buy?

Will Roper, the Air Force’s acquisition executive during the Trump administration, called for F-35 purchases to be capped at about 800 units, CNN reported in May.

Why is the US selling F-35s to the UAE?

The sale of F-35 fighter jets to the UAE was proposed as the UAE signed an agreement with Israel, known as the Abraham Accords, to normalize diplomatic relations. In December, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DCSA), the Pentagon office that oversees foreign arms sales, said a sale of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters could proceed.

Does the United States still export arms to Saudi Arabia?

Despite the wide-ranging concerns in the U.S. and the United Kingdom about Saudi Arabia’s military intervention in Yemen, both Washington and London continued to export arms to Saudi Arabia from 2015 to 2019. A total of 73\% of Saudi Arabia’s arms imports came from the U.S., and 13\% from the U.K.

Is it time to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia?

It’s long past time to stop. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the preeminent think tank tracking arms sales, Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest arms importer from 2015 to 2019, the first five years of the Yemen war. Its imports of major arms increased by 130\% compared with the previous five-year period.

Can Italy stop the Saudi-UAE War?

Italy has now taken the lead in taking concrete steps to stop the war, by cutting off all military sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The two are the 10th and 11th-largest buyers of Italian arms.