By Sabine Siebold and Mike Stone BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, two sources told Reuters, a move that would deepen Berlin's reliance on American military technology as its joint next-generation fighter programme with France falters.

Poland scrambled fighter jets overnight after Russia carried out fresh strikes on Ukraine ahead of peace resuming on Tuesday.

Berlin's 2022 decision to buy the U.S.-made F-35 was driven by its NATO obligation to deliver U.S. nuclear bombs stored in Germany if called upon. The F-35 is the only ⁠Western fighter jet certified to carry the most modern B61 nuclear bombs and is central to replacing Germany's aging Tornado jets, which play that role now.

By Sabine Siebold and Mike Stone BERLIN/WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Germany is considering ordering more U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, two sources told Reuters, a move that would deepen Berlin's reliance on American military technology as its joint next-generation fighter program with France falters.

In the long list of things you don’t want to happen to a civilian flight, needing to be intercepted by fighter jets has to be near the top of the pile. Yet that’s exactly what happened earlier this

The aircrafts come from a $1.4 billion deal with Italian defense firm Leonardo including 24 jets and 10 rotary-wing systems.

Indonesia lands F-16 and Super Tucano on toll roads in first demonstration of highway emergency runways, offering aircraft carrier alternative

A carrier strike group with Royal Navy vessels and RAF F‑35 planes will deploy to the North Atlantic and Arctic in 2026.