Opinion: F-35 Catalyzes High-End Export Fighter Market

Increased operational flexibility and greater ability to track targets over larger areas are draws for air forces that have fewer aircraft.

If the F-35 is so good, why are countries seemingly buying so few of them? 147 for Japan, for example, seems really low. - Quora

Why is the U.S. selling their advanced F-35 fighter jets to so many different countries? Aren't they equalizing the potential battle field by doing this? - Quora

Blinding the Elephant:” Assessing PLA Systems Confrontation and the Fight for Information Dominance – Georgetown Security Studies Review

Why is the U.S. selling their advanced F-35 fighter jets to so many different countries? Aren't they equalizing the potential battle field by doing this? - Quora

Emirates orders 15 more Airbus A350-900s – AeroMorning

Why is the U.S. selling their advanced F-35 fighter jets to so many different countries? Aren't they equalizing the potential battle field by doing this? - Quora

Why is the U.S. selling their advanced F-35 fighter jets to so many different countries? Aren't they equalizing the potential battle field by doing this? - Quora

Are the F-35 versions being sold outside the US significantly diminished in any attributes/features? - Quora

Japan becomes second-largest customer of Lockheed Martin's F-35 - Dallas Business Journal

$7.6B More Released for F-35 Lot 15 Production, Lockheed Martin

Japanese Government Approves Export of F-35 Components - Defense Update