US keeps pushing Norway to buy Joint Strike Fighter jets

Posted on: May. 23rd, 2006 || Source: aftenposten.no | E-mail Article | Print Article

US President George W Bush's new man in Oslo applied some not-so-subtle pressure on Norway to buy US Joint Strike Fighter jets this week, saying a failure to do so would weaken military operations between the countries. Not true, responded a top Norwegian military official.

"No matter what type of fighter jet we decide to buy, it will be NATO-compatible," Espen Barth Eide of the Defense Ministry told newspaper Aftenposten on Tuesday.

Barth Eide was responding to remarks made by US Ambassador Benson K Whitney during a speech Monday before The Norwegian Atlantic Committee, an independent organization that aims to increase understanding of Norwegian foreign, military and security policy.

Read the full article

• New Global Hawk UAV model arrives at Beale
• Sixth C-17 swoops into Britain
• Air Force, Army leaders discuss new concept of operations
• RAF Typhoons now multi-role capable
• Raytheon Delivers 100th AESA Radar for Super Hornets, Growlers
• Boeing Installs Engines on 1st P-8A Poseidon
• Pilot tackles Typhoons during exchange duty in England
• Eurofighter Typhoon Begins Air Surveillance in Austria
• KC-45 Aerial Refueling Boom Completes Key Flight and Performance Milestones
• New Global Hawk UAV model scheduled to arrive at Beale
• Boeing Awarded B-52 Airborne Electronic Attack Technical Maturation Contract
• First A400M Military Transporter Rolled Out
• Thunderbirds 'Soar into Solstice' at Eielson AFB
• Boeing Statement on GAO Tanker Protest Report
• USAF formally revives B-52 jammer with five-year study