U.S. Air Force Is Putting All Of It's Eggs In One Basket

F-35

The Air Force’s Sky-High Hopes For The F-35 -- DoD Buzz

Newspaper editorial boards, white-paperists and blue-ribbon panels all have called for the F-35 to be cancelled, but as we’ve seen many times, it’s so big and expensive it stands a very good chance of surviving in Austerity America. Here’s another reason to throw on the pile: If you cancelled it, you’d be canceling a lot of the Air Force.

The service’s almost complete dependence on its F-35A Lightning II was driven home again last weekend when Gen. Edward Rice, head of Air Education and Training Command, officially ‘rolled out’ the Air Force’s first jet at Eglin AFB, Fla. (The fighters have been around for years, but you know how these guys are — any excuse for pageantry and ceremony, right?) Rice characterized the A as the absolute zenith of aviation, per an official Air Force story:

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My Comment: If F-35 production will only be 3 per month .... cough cough .... sorry, but these "sky-high" hopes for the F-35 are clearly misplaced.