Air Force secretary nominee threads needle on future of F-35 program
“The F-35 is the best tactical aircraft of its type in the world and will be so for quite some time,” Frank Kendall, the Air Force secretary nominee, said at his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing. “It's a complex, expensive weapon, unfortunately, but it is a dominant weapon when it goes up against earlier-generation aircraft.” Kendall previously served in the Pentagon as its top weapons buyer during the Obama administration. ADVERTISEMENT In that job, Kendall had some harsh words for the F-35 program, saying in 2012 that the decision to put it into production before...
Source: thehill.com