House appropriators scrutinize effort to house F-35s at Tyndall AFB

By Sara Sirota / May 10, 2019 at 4:33 PM
The House Appropriations Committee is ratcheting up oversight of the Air Force's effort to house three F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadrons at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. In a report accompanying the fiscal year 2020 funding bill for military construction and veterans affairs , which the committee approved yesterday, the panel directs the service "to provide a detailed time line by fiscal year, location and costs of necessary facilities, including estimates for hurricane-related military construction at Tyndall Air Force Base...

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