Three F-35As in flight. Lockheed Martin
More Bad News For The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter? -- Nick Schwellenbach, Time
Back in March, we broke the news that the Pentagon’s oversight office was taking a gander at the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, estimated to cost potentially $1.5 trillion to develop, buy and operate over several decades (the Pentagon is so desperate to bring down the estimated cost to operate the plane they’re even hiring contractors to work on that!). The plane is the future of Air Force, Marine and Navy aviation, who plan to buy close to 2,500 of them: it’s the lone fighter in the pipeline.
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My Comment: The Canadian government had their own independent auditor look at F-35 costs ... and have come to the conclusion that over time costs will be far above than what has been promised.
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