The F-35 program continues to prove an astonishing example of how to not do anything right. Not only was production begun before it was even tested (essentially making a test pilot out of every pilot) the program is predicated on a 35-year life cycle. Just who is going to need or want the thing is a significant question, and now there are those in Washington who say that it just might be too expensive to even finish.
There are those in the Pentagon who still insist that it is a 'critical' part of the arsenal, but I guess they forgot that in the last three "George's wars" in the Middle East there was essentially no usage (nor need for) a "tactical fighter". There are already no other countries with serious Air Forces that could challenge the current US Air Force. China is supposedly trying to piece together an aircraft carrier, but as far as anyone knows they don't have any modern planes to put on it. (They are probably waiting for the F-35 to get done so they can steal its plans).
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