F-35 Production Delays Results In More F-18 Purchases

Two U.S. Navy F-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft conduct a combat patrol over Afghanistan, Dec. 10, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon

Pentagon Buying Boeing F-18s as Hedge Against F-35 Delays -- SFGate/Bloomberg

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Defense Department will continue to buy Boeing Co. F-18 fighters as a hedge against delays in producing the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35, the Pentagon's top weapons buyer wrote a lawmaker this month.

"The department's commitment to the F-35 is solid and we are committed to production rates that minimize cost," Undersecretary for Acquisition Ashton Carter wrote Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn on Sept. 1.

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