F-35, $15 Billion And 2 Years More Development?

F-35 (Photo from Air-To-Air Combat)

From Worldwide War Pigs:

Via Inside Defense. This has a strong smell of dishonesty....

‘Independent' DOD Assessment Finds JSF Underfunded by $15 Billion

Inside the Air Force, Nov. 28, 2008 -- Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England has directed the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to all but disregard a recent assessment by a highly esteemed team of military cost estimators that concludes the Joint Strike Fighter program requires two additional years of testing and development --and a staggering $15 billion more than is currently programmed over the next six years.

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My Comment: This reflects poorly on Sec. Def. Robert Gates. He was suppose to clean up this mess .... but then again, it is the same Robert Gates who fired (this year) a number of senior officials in the Air Force .... so I guess he is doing his job.

There is one group that is not doing their job .... Congress. They are the ones who are suppose to oversee all of this.