DJdeRidder wrote:The decision about how many F-35s they need will be made in the Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2015. A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, I read the MoD talked about getting only 48 F-35s. So probably about 16-20 by 2015..
The 48 F-35s are F-35Bs which will be used for the carriers. For Tornado replacement nothing is yet decided about numbers etc, but the UK already announced they will place follow on orders for the land based version, the F-35A, possible up to a number of 138 (so 90 F-35A and 48 F-35B).