What countries have cancelled orders for f35s

1. Spain: a documented cancellation and a political pivot

Spanish reporting compiled by defense outlets says Madrid has cancelled its F‑35 order, opting instead to expand Eurofighter Typhoon numbers and invest in European projects such as the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), with €10.5 billion of defense increases funneled to European suppliers and 25 new Typhoons due between 2026 and 2030 ^[1]; multiple later analyses repeat that Spain “opted to cancel” its F‑35 purchase as part of a broader shift toward European sovereignty and away from U.S. sustainment dependencies ^{[3] [2]}.

2. Switzerland: scaled back, contested, but not unambiguously canceled

Switzerland has publicly reduced or re‑examined its planned F‑35 acquisition after a price dispute and political backlash; reporting describes Swiss officials ordering reviews, considering cuts to numbers, and facing parliamentary efforts to halt the deal — but the sources stop short of confirming a completed full cancellation and present competing narratives that Bern may either trim the purchase or pursue alternatives at cost and delay ^{[3] [2] [4]}. Several outlets frame Switzerland as the archetype of a buyer “balking” at U.S. price hikes and the so‑called sustainment monopoly, which is driving the debate in Swiss public and political forums ^[5].

3. Other countries cited as “reconsidering” or having internal calls, not formal cancellations

Multiple reports list nations where politicians or commentators have urged cancellation or raised public pressure — notably Portugal and Canada are described as facing internal calls to cancel their F‑35 plans, but the reporting provided does not document formal government cancellations by those countries ^[6]. Likewise, commentary pieces and analysts mention regret or second‑thoughts in places like Denmark or Germany, but those countries are elsewhere reported to be expanding or continuing purchases, not canceling ^{[2] [7]}.

4. Denied purchases and rebuffed buyers are not the same as cancellations

A separate strand of reporting catalogs countries the United States has rebuffed or effectively barred from buying F‑35s; Indonesia, for example, was rebuffed in its interest in F‑35s after dropping a Russian purchase plan, but that is a refusal to sell rather than a buyer cancelling an existing order ^{[8] [9]}. These “bans” or rebuffs sometimes get conflated in commentary with cancellations by sovereign buyers, but the sources make a clear distinction between a nation cancelling an order it placed and a nation being denied access by U.S. policy ^{[8] [9]}.

5. Drivers behind cancellations or reconsideration — politics, prices, and sustainment control

Reporting attributes Spain’s and Switzerland’s moves to a mix of factors: political friction with U.S. policy (including tensions tied to past U.S. administrations), disputes over contract price adjustments and sustainment costs, and strategic pushes for European industrial autonomy and alternatives such as Eurofighter or FCAS ^{[1] [3] [5]}. Critics also raise worries about U.S. control over software, parts and upgrades — a narrative that fuels political opposition even as the F‑35’s supporters stress allied interoperability and capability ^{[7] [5]}.

6. What can be said with confidence from the supplied reporting

From the material provided, Spain is the country for which cancellation is explicitly reported ^{[1] [2]}, Switzerland is in a documented state of scaling back and political contestation that could lead to cancellation but is not uniformly presented as having finalized a cancellation ^{[3] [2] [4]}, and several other countries have only been described as reconsidering or having requests rebuffed rather than formally cancelling F‑35 orders ^{[6] [8] [9]}. The reporting contains differing emphases and some partisan framing; where sources diverge, this analysis presents both outcomes rather than asserting unresolved items as settled fact.