The head of the Air National Guard said this week he is confident the Air Force will follow through on its plan to assign "an appropriate percentage" of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Guard units. Speaking at a hearing of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee on March 17, Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke told the panel of lawmakers that the Guard plays a central role in the Air Force's JSF beddown plan. "I see nothing that breaks that plan apart,"...
