Stealth Surprise: A Wave of Nations Is Buying Europe's Eurofighter Typhoon Instead of the F-35

A growing export push for the Eurofighter Typhoon is drawing attention because more countries are buying the European 4.5-generation multirole fighter instead of the F-35. The article ties the trend largely to sovereignty concerns and reluctance to rely on continued U.S. cooperation for air-power commitments, rather than to performance alone. It points to Turkey’s $10.7 billion order in late 2025 for 20 new Typhoons, signed with the United Kingdom, described as the first baseline Typhoon export order since 2017; it is said to have helped keep a British production line running into the 2030s. The consortium behind the Typhoon includes Britain’s BAE Systems, Airbus (Germany and Spain), and Italy’s Leonardo. Availability is a key driver, the article says, because some countries cannot buy the F-35 due to U.S. approval limits, including Gulf states and Turkey, which was expelled in 2019 after its purchase of the Russian S-400.