{"id":440591,"date":"2026-09-19T02:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440591\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:30:17","slug":"germany-receives-first-f-35-will-learn-to-fly-in-fort-worth-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/440591\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany receives first F-35, will learn to fly in Fort Worth \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Germany received its first F-35 fighter jet Friday, marking a major milestone in the country&#8217;s effort to modernize its air force with the American-made aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, built at Lockheed Martin&#8217;s Fort Worth facility, is the first of 35 F-35s Germany has ordered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundeswehr.de\/de\/organisation\/luftwaffe\/aktuelles\/f-35-deutschland-5864336\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Germany&#8217;s military said the jets will replace the country&#8217;s aging Tornado fleet<\/a> and will strengthen its ability to operate alongside NATO allies.<\/p>\n<p>German Defense Minister Pistorius, military leaders and Lockheed Martin officials gathered in North Texas for the rollout ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The F-35 will enhance our ability to defend our country, to fulfill our responsibility within NATO, and to contribute to security in Europe,&#8221; Pistorius said.<\/p>\n<p>The first aircraft will remain in the United States for pilot training in Arkansas before additional F-35s enter service in Germany. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany received its first F-35 fighter jet Friday, marking a major milestone in the country&#8217;s effort to modernize&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-440591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}