October 25

What happened on October 25 in aviation and space history.

• October 25, 2018

  Belgium selects the F-35A over the Typhoon

  Institutional — The Belgian government announced the purchase of thirty-four F-35As to replace its F-16s, rejecting the British Eurofighter Typhoon and ignoring the French Rafale offer, which had been made outside the competition. The decision, worth around four billion euros, strained relations with Paris and was justified on grounds of cost and interoperability with European neighbours already flying the aircraft.