The Joint Strike Fighter program office believes modifying early-production Air Force F-35As from a basic configuration to a capable warfighting level will cost $6 million per jet, plus other associated expenses not included in that figure. That price tag will come on top of the unit cost of procuring those F-35s, which were delivered very early on in the program's life -- meaning they are both the most expensive and least capable production aircraft fielded today. The Air Force has...
