Defense News reports from London:
Britain’s Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is close to writing off the chances of the F-35B making an appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) in the UK, but said he is “optimistic” the aircraft would make it to the Farnborough International Air Show next week.
“I think we are running close to being out of time for RIAT, but we are still optimistic we will have an F-35B in the UK for Farnborough next week,” said Hammond, answering questions after a speech opening a Royal United Services Institute air power conference in London on Wednesday.
The same news was conformed by several other news agencies.
Read more:
Defense News; 9-Jul-2014; Andrew Chuter; “Hammond ‘Optimistic’ F-35 Will Fly at Farnborough”
Daily Mail UK (Reuters): 9-Jul-2014; “UK minister says F-35 jets may miss RIAT air show this week“