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They think they will be fighting the US colonial wars in mainland Europe, that they can nuke Europe and be safe in their little island.

F-35 still stuck: Kerala airport to charge UK for parking £100M 5th-gen jet despite two weeks of repairs

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

defenceman said:

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

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I suspect perhaps India is actually holding the aircraft hostage for leverage in trade negotiations with the US, despite the UK being the operator.

defenceman said:

Hi,
is it not possible for the USA or Uk to airlift it with some heavy lifting helicopter,
and drop it on some air craft carrier or may be on a cargo ship to transport further
in some Middle Eastern USA base then eventually to UK before the repair starts
thank you

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If you strip everything off the plane the bare airframe should be well within the lift limits of heavy-lift helicopters, but the main issue with doing so is that the plane is probably too large in its dimensions for any helicopter to attach to in secure ways. Unless you pull of an acrobatic stunt dangling the plane with cords the thing just doesn't fit in.