An F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter takes off at 12:44 p.m. CST at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas Dec. 15 for an initial flight as part of system development testing. (Lockheed Martin photo/Tom Harvey)
The Czech Republic has announced that they have decided to buy 24 F-35 Lightning II 5th generation fighters for 85M USD each. This makes Czech Republic the 16th nation to buy into the Joint Strike Fighter program.
