US DoD confirms two F-35 squadrons will be based in UK

Lockheed Martin F-35 JSF

​The US Department of Defense has confirmed that it will place two squadrons of its Lockheed Martin F-35 at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, marking the first confirmed European basing of the USA’s Joint Strike Fighter.

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