Air Force argues against slowing F-35 fighter

Source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201034.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/2079

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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