Report: Two-Year Delay for Joint Strike Fighter (Updated) -- The Danger Room
The Obama administration’s apparently successful campaign to end production of the F-22 stealth fighter hinged on at least one very big assumption: that the newer F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (pictured) would more than make up for a curtailed Raptor fleet. “It [the F-35] is a versatile aircraft, less than half the total cost of the F-22, and can be produced in quantity with all the advantages produced by economies of scale — some 500 will be bought over the next five years, more than 2,400 over the life of the program,” Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in a speech in Chicago on July 16.
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More News On F-35 Production Delays
Report: F-35 Work Falls Behind Two More Years -- CQ Politics
Two days after Senate kills the F-22, a Pentagon report surfaces: The replacement F-35 is two years behind -- AJC
Pentagon fears delay for crucial jet fighter -- Sydney Morning Herald
F-35 fighter two years late: report -- The Age
Pentagon Report Says F-35 Is 2 Years Behind Schedule -- Aero-News Network
My Comment: I am sure that this information was known before the Senate voted on the termination of the F-22. Was the Senate aware of this delay in the F-35 production schedule .... I would hazard a guess that they were not. Would it have made a difference in the Senate vote on terminating the F-22 .... we will now never know.
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