Air Force argues against slowing F-35 fighter

Posted on: Sep. 13th, 2006 || Source: washingtonpost.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Air Force argues against slowing F-35 fighter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cutting funding for the Lockheed Martin Corp. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter could unleash a spiral of schedule delays and cost growth, U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne said on Tuesday.

"Here we are with a program that is actually working ... It's meeting its goals, it's meeting its timelines, it's meeting its technology requirements," Wynne told reporters.

At a projected $276.5 billion, the radar-evading "family" of F-35 warplanes is the Pentagon's biggest planned acquisition -- some 2,400 aircraft by 2027 for the United States alone.

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