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derivative.</p></div></div></div><div class="spinLayout thumb onecol right item-fourth item-last hasPicture"><div class="sleeve"><p class="picture"><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/romania-makes-formal-commitment-to-acquire-32-f-35as/160851.article" class="image"><img alt="F-35 germany" class="lazyloaded" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1179px) 100px, 220px" src="https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/3/9/4/106394_f35germany_311626.jpg" srcset="https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/3/9/4/106394_f35germany_311626.jpg 100w,https://d3lcr32v2pp4l1.cloudfront.net/Pictures/220x147/3/9/4/106394_f35germany_311626.jpg 220w" width="100" height="67" /></a></p><div class="subSleeve"><span class="story-type"><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/news/1013.type" class="storyType">News</a></span><h2><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/romania-makes-formal-commitment-to-acquire-32-f-35as/160851.article">Romania makes formal commitment to 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