Dallas Business Journal: Cost may force Pentagon to cut F-35 purchases, senator says
U.S. Sen. John McCain says the Pentagon may need to re-evaluate whether it can afford to buy the entire fleet of Fort Worth-made F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, Bloomberg reported.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' F-35 is the most expensive defense program in history.
McCain, R-Arizona, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, told reporters Wednesday that under the original contract with Lockheed, 1,013 of the program's 2,443 jets were supposed to be delivered by Sept. 30, 2016. So far, McCain said, 179 actually have been delivered.
He said that leaves more than 2,000 jets yet to complete.
Update: Pentagon sees 'disproportionate' arms cuts, impact on F-35 (Reuters)
WNU Editor: This sums up how "screwed up" the F-35 program has become .... and from U.S. Senator John Macain himself .... under the original contract with Lockheed, 1,013 of the program's 2,443 jets were supposed to be delivered by Sept. 30, 2016. So far, McCain said, 179 actually have been delivered.
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Dude, every single new program the US has ever created, has had the same complaints against it. "It doesn't work", "It's a waste of money", yada, yada, yada. In ten years after it has gotten some trigger time, people will be whining about the new project in the pipeline whatever that maybe. It's a national pastime to complain about new systems, until they are proven in action.
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