F-35 In Crosshairs As Joint Staff Assess TacAir Buys For Biden Budget
By Theresa Hitchens on February 25, 2021 at 1:00 PM F-35A Lightning II UPDATED To Include Comments From CSAF Gen. CQ Brown; Hudson Institute’s Bryan Clark WASHINGTON: The Air Force, Navy and Marines tactical aircraft fleets are all being reconsidered as part of a Joint Staff review of fighter needs for 2023 and beyond, Air Force officials tell Breaking D — raising fundamental questions about the Pentagon’s purchases of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Air Force’s own fighter mix study will feed into that joint effort, the officials said. UPDATE BEGINS. Air For...
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