F-35 and F-22 programs are on divergent paths

Published: Wed Jun 18th, 2008
Source: www.star-telegram.com



Clear air, politically speaking, appears to lie ahead for the F-35 joint strike fighter program after Lockheed Martin’s successful flight test last week of the first redesigned version.

The same probably can’t be said for Lockheed’s F-22 after Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently sacked the aircraft’s most vocal Air Force proponents.

The test of the F-35B Lightning II short takeoff-vertical landing model on June 11 prompted a vote of confidence from one senior civilian Pentagon official.
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