Supplemental JSFs Justified, AF Says

Posted on: Feb. 16th, 2007 || Source: Aviation Week | E-mail Article | Print Article

Responding to congressional questions about the Air Force supplemental request for three F-35 Joint Strike Fighters as replacements for F-16s lost in military operations, Maj. Gen. Frank Faykes, Air Force budget director, said the proposal is technically proper and operationally desirable.

"The request met all the DOD requirements for a supplemental," Faykes said Feb. 15 during a break in the Defense Technology & Requirements Conference 2007 in Washington.

Faykes made his remarks to counter comments made Feb. 14 by U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Air and Land Force Forces Subcommittee and a member of the HASC Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee.

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