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 "title": "BAAINBw Confirms the Luftwaffe's F-35A Enters Service Without JASSM-ER — the 75-Missile Request Postponed",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/baainbw-luftwaffe-f-35a-enters-service-without-jassm-er-75-missiles-postponed/",
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 "published": "2026-08-28T20:30:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-02T20:30:43.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoblenz, 28 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * BAAINBw confirmed to hartpunkt that the Luftwaffe's F-35A will enter service without the AGM-158B JASSM-ER cruise missile\n * Germany requested up to 75 JASSM-ER missiles through Foreign Military Sales in 2022, alongside the order for 35 F-35A aircraft\n * BAAINBw's reasoning: after \"a comprehensive realignment of the Luftwaffe's capability picture\" following Russia's full-scale invasion, the purchase \"was for the time being postponed in favour",
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