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Old 17th Dec 2015, 01:25
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a1bill
 
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LO, remember page 405? How is that f-35 reduced and 72 f-15/16 working out for you? I told you you shouldn't listen to sweetman

and he just posted this
Opinion: Why Does U.S. Air Force Want New F-15s Or F-16s? | Defense content from Aviation Week
The first step is admitting there is a problem

I agree I think it's time he accepted he has a problem, The air force has already called BS on it from his first article. That wasn't enough, he has to rewrite the same article


as well as today, I saw that not only aren't they cutting production back, they are ordering an extra 11

The Air Force, Marines and Navy will get 11 more Lockheed Martin F-35 joint-strike fighters than asked for under the spending deal reached by congressional negotiators Tuesday night that would fund the government through September 2016 and avoid a shutdown.
The $1.1 trillion agreed-upon spending package would provide $111 billion for defense upgrades and new supplies, including 68 F-35s. The Pentagon this year had asked for fiscal-2016 funding to acquire 57 F-35s.
Six of the aircraft would go to the Marines, three would go to the Air Force and two would go to the Navy, according to Politico. In total, the extra planes amount to around $1.3 billion in extra funding, Politico said.
The bill is expected to pass in the House and Senate this week. That would follow a vote, set for Wednesday, to approve a stopgap measure that would extend the government's spending authority through Dec. 22, the Washington Post reported.

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